I've been in a "Back to Basics" mood and decided to work through the NY Times 7-Day Financial Tuneup. I don't have direct links to each day as you need a (free) NYT account to view your personalized list of tasks. Instead, I'm quoting selected … [Read the rest]
Here is an interesting chart of price changes from 1997 to 2017 for various good and services as measured by the BLS (which tracks CPI and inflation). The Carpe Diem blog author argues that the stuff that got more expensive was heavily regulated by … [Read the rest]
Here's a working paper titled The Power of Working Longer by Gila Bronshtein, Jason Scott, John B. Shoven, Sita N. Slavov which compares the effect of working longer (delaying your retirement date) and increasing your savings rate while … [Read the rest]
Here is some career advice by longtime Silicon Valley executive Ben Fathi in his post What I Learned from Working for Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. An excerpt (bold added): What I can tell you as a piece of career advice is to only work on … [Read the rest]
Updated. It looks like this offer is back as of February 2018. I was able to get another $10 credit even though I already got the previous $10 credit back in September. I still had the Discover card as my default 1-click payment method, but I did … [Read the rest]
There are some (mostly young) skeptics, but Social Security should remain a major pillar of your future retirement income. For over 60% of current retirees aged 65+, Social Security makes up the majority of their income. Therefore, it may be … [Read the rest]
The currently-accepted definition of a "market correction" is a price drop of 10% from its peak. There have now been five corrections to the S&P 500 stock index since the bear market of 2009 (seven if you count the 9.8% and 9.9% drops). Here's a … [Read the rest]
If you're somewhere cold and dreaming of sunny Hawaiian beaches, I just got this e-mail from Hilton Grand Vacations for a discounted Hawaii vacation package if you attend their timeshare presentation. I appears to be open to all. Offer expires … [Read the rest]
Updated. Robinhood is one of the new wave of brokerage apps. They started with free stocks trades, but have since expanded their suite of services to the following: Free stock and ETF trades. No minimum balance requirement. Free options … [Read the rest]
Here is an interesting longform Racked article about Affirm micro-loans. Now, instead of (gasp!) saving up for a few months before paying cash for those $200 jeans, you could have them today for $235. It's basically credit card debt for people … [Read the rest]
Wyndham Hotels has a new Stay Twice, Get a Free Night promotion. Wyndham Hotels is an interesting chain of hotels that includes Days Inn, Travelodge, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Ramada, Dolce, Wingate, and Wyndham Grand hotels. If you register here … [Read the rest]
If you have not joined Grubhub yet, you can get $10 off your first Grubhub order of $15+ and free delivery if you join via my referral link. I will get food credits as well. Thanks if you use it! You can also get free Gruhhub+ membership with Lyft … [Read the rest]
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