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Best Interest Rates on Cash – March 2019

Here's my monthly roundup of the best interest rates on cash for March 2019, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. Check out my Ultimate Rate-Chaser Calculator to get an idea of how much extra interest you'd earn if you are moving money … [Read the rest]

Discount Mags Employee Discount Sale

DiscountMags.com is running their Employee Discount Sale through Monday, March 4th at 11:59pm ET. These sales usually only run for a few days and are good for gifts or locking in a low price for a few years. Here are some sample magazine prices … [Read the rest]

Free Magazine Subscriptions: Money, Time, Fortune, & More

Mercury Magazines offers free subscriptions if you fill out their professional profile. If you provide accurate information, they will present trade publications that are applicable to your field, which is partially how they fund these offers. I … [Read the rest]

Roth vs Traditional Pretax 401k? Compare With These Example Worker Profiles

T. Rowe Price has an article Evaluating Roth and Pretax Retirement Savings Options by Roger Young that covers the basics on the choice between a "Traditional" pretax or Roth IRA or 401k account: The primary factor to consider is whether your … [Read the rest]

Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Annual Letter by Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has released its 2018 Letter to Shareholders. I highly recommend sitting down and reading the entire thing straight from the source. It's only 15 pages long and (as always) written in a straightforward and approachable … [Read the rest]

A Sense of Urgency: Money Can’t Buy You More Time

Over the weekend, I read the NYT Magazine article America's Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable about the rich and unhappy, which included a man who earned $1.2 million a year in Manhattan and hated his job: “I feel like I’m … [Read the rest]

Andrews Federal Credit Union CD Specials: 6-Month CD at 3.25% APY

Andrews Federal Credit Union has a few share certificate specials that may be of interest. Thanks to reader Mark for the tip. 6-month CD at 3.25% APY (2/25-3/2 Only Military Saves Week Special) 84-month CD at 3.45% APY 8-month CD at 2.86% … [Read the rest]

Personal Finance: Recognizing Control and Using Your Time Efficiently

Morgan Housel wrote a post called The Biggest Returns which really resonated with my outlook on investing and personal finance. The main idea was that you should consider the impact of your efforts in relation to the time and energy spent. The … [Read the rest]

H&R Block Tax Software 2018: Federal w/ e-File + State $18 (2/19 Only)

Update: This deal is back for one day again - February 19th, 2019. The benefit of "old-school" desktop tax software is that it doesn't require your Social Security Number and financial details to be stored in the "cloud", a fancy word for a … [Read the rest]

Building a CD Ladder: Fidelity Auto vs. DIY vs. Treasury Bonds

Building a "CD ladder" means funding a combination of certificates of deposit (CDs) with different maturities so that you have always have a portion of your funds maturing soon (providing liquidity) but you also increase your interest rates (more … [Read the rest]

NASA Federal Credit Union Application and Certificate Opening Review

I recently joined the NASA Federal Credit Union to take advantage their current certificate rate specials (as mentioned in my monthly list of best interest rates). NASA FCU has had some good specials over the last year or so, and I finally decided … [Read the rest]

ABOC Platinum Rewards Credit Card Review – 5X Rewards on Rotating Categories

Update: It appears that this credit card is no longer taking any new applications. Thank you for your interest in an ABOC Platinum Rewards Card! We have temporarily stopped taking applications while we work on an exciting new set of benefits … [Read the rest]