My family enjoys watching Kid's Baking Championship on Food Network, and I'm always impressed how many of these 8-13 year-old contestants have a side baking business! Last weekend, the WSJ article How Etsy Became America’s Unlikeliest Breadbasket … [Read the rest]
The NYT has a new Suze Orman comeback piece called Suze Orman Is Back to Help You Ride Out the Storm. I'm old enough to feel nostalgia over the peak Suze Orman years, and it was interesting to read how some of her advice as changed: Some of Ms. … [Read the rest]
Free stock shares are the trendy bonus nowadays - WeBull, SoFi, Robinhood, Public, and more - but how about 100 free shares? Tastyworks wants your attention by offering 100 free shares of a randomly-picked stock valued between $1 and $6 per share. … [Read the rest]
The default option inside many employer-sponsored retirement plans are Target Date Funds (TDFs), which adjust their portfolio holdings automatically over time based on a specific target retirement date. Morningstar just released their 2020 … [Read the rest]
While not exactly a fun exercise, do you know where you'd turn for some extra cash in an extended emergency? Morningstar has 10 Sources of Emergency Cash, Ranked from Best to Worst which contains many good points, but I would differ in my rankings. … [Read the rest]
Update: This promotion appears to have ended early. Pentagon Federal Credit Union has a $200 bonus promotion for opening their new Access America checking account. You must deposit a minimum of $1,200, and make 5 debit card purchases within … [Read the rest]
Many interest rates are at all-time lows right now. This means that if you have any sort of debt, you should explore refinancing. The goal is to lower your interest rate and monthly payments while paying minimal upfront costs and fees. Did … [Read the rest]
The best thing I read this week was a "Things I've Learned..." list called 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice by Kevin Kelly - a very interesting fellow (see his bio, about me pages) who must have secretly figured out how to freeze time given all the … [Read the rest]
The Federal Reserve is buying everything in sight (even junk bonds apparently), so it has been rate drops all around. Bank accounts now offer much higher available rates than Treasury bonds. I'd also recommend checking on your brokerage money … [Read the rest]
Update May 2020. The fixed rate will be 0.00% for I bonds issued from May 1, 2020 through October 31st, 2020. The variable inflation-indexed rate for this 6-month period will be 1.06% (as was predicted). The total rate on any specific bond is the … [Read the rest]
Many of us are driving less these days. Nearly all of the major auto insurers are providing some sort of refund - this detailed list suggests an overall average of 15% to 25% back on two months of premiums. But what if you don't need to use your … [Read the rest]
On the Tuesday after each Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Giving Tuesday is an international day about giving support through charities and nonprofits by donating money and goods or volunteering your time. The same organization has created Giving … [Read the rest]
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