[This is Part 3 of an ongoing series about how to make money from 0% APR balance transfers.] Before I start, someone said that it's too easy with Citibank, and can I do an example with another issuer. Sure. Let's run through it with the Discover … [Read the rest]
Interesting opportunity just came up today. If you were offered the chance to work somewhere undesireable (at least to you), but were offered a significant raise to move there, would you? As for details, this would be a rural area in the Midwest, … [Read the rest]
[This is Part 2 of an ongoing series about how to make money from 0% APR balance transfers.] Now that you've read my introduction and warnings about 0% balance transfer offers, let's try to find some suitable deals. First, some definitions: A … [Read the rest]
This week's Carnival of Investing is up at My Money Forest. I like that he picked some of his favorites. For more information on participating and the hosting schedule, please check out the main Carnival of Investing page. I've been slacking on … [Read the rest]
This is a difficult question to ask, but this paper I ran across entitled 'Savings Rates and "Economic Security" in Retirement' tries to take a stab at it. Here is the abstract: Some simple number crunching using historical market return data for … [Read the rest]
[This is Part 1 of an ongoing series. I am going to break it up into several smaller segments due to time constraints, and keep track of them in this index of posts.] Most likely you have seen these offers shower your mailboxes, credit card … [Read the rest]
I apologize for not following up with a nice big page on the 0% balance transfer game after asking for requests. I've gotten almost 100 questions and just haven't had time to organize my thoughts while trying to upgrade this site. It is definitely … [Read the rest]
If you know you need a big house downpayment in a year for a $500,000 house, do you: A) Totally minimize your retirement contributions (just get your 401k match if any), and save everything else towards that downpayment, knowing at best you'll get … [Read the rest]
I am in the process of migrating this blog from Movable Type to Wordpress. If you see any errors or missing pages, please leave a comment. Thanks! The rest of this entry is not money related. … [Read the rest]
Here is another snapshot of my retirement portfolio as of market close 8/3. I haven't bought or sold any funds since my last update. I hope to use this data later to better track my overall investment returns. … [Read the rest]
The house search continues as we try to see how much our parents' house is really worth and if we can afford to live near them. Besides Zillow.com, I also like the home valuation tool from HomeGain, where you can get a real estimate from a local real … [Read the rest]
As I've mentioned before, I use Yodlee, an account aggregation service, to track all my numerous accounts on a daily basis. You give them all the logins and passwords of your individual financial accounts, and it logs into all the sites for you. In … [Read the rest]
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