Save Money: Bring Your Own Cable Modem & Stop Paying Crazy Rental Fees

Updated. According to this CNN Money article, both Comcast and Time Warner are jacking up their modem rental fees again for 2015. Time Warner will now charge $8 a month, up 33% from $5.99. Comcast will now charge $10 month, up 25% from … [Read the rest]

Stat of the Day: Kindle Unlimited Author Reimbursement

Amazon's Kindle Unlimited is an eBook subscription service that lets you "borrow" an unlimited amount of books from their catalog for $9.99 a month. You won't find many personal finance and investing books from major publishers on KU, but the … [Read the rest]

Pointshound Promo: 100 Free American Airlines Miles

PointsHound is a new hotel reservation site that lets you earn frequent flier miles and other loyalty currencies when making a hotel booking. For example, you could earn American Airlines miles by staying at a small boutique hotel. It seems … [Read the rest]

Back to Basics: Simplify and Automate Your Savings

Let's take a step back and focus on some actionable tips to simplify and automate your savings. Think of it as knocking out your New Year's Resolution in just 10 minutes or less. New Year's resolutions fail because willpower is like a muscle. … [Read the rest]

Early Retirement Portfolio Income Update, Year-End 2014

When investing, should you focus on income or total return? I like the idea of living off dividend and interest income, but I also think it is easy for people to reach too far for yield and hurt their overall returns. But what is too far? … [Read the rest]

Sling by Dish: Live Internet TV with ESPN for $20 a Month

One of the notable announcements from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show that Dish Network will stream a package of major cable networks live over the internet. Getting channels like ESPN, Food Network, and CNN without a traditional cable … [Read the rest]

Early Retirement Portfolio Asset Allocation Update, Year-End 2014

Here's a final update on my investment portfolio holdings for 2014. This includes tax-deferred accounts like 401(k)s and taxable brokerage holdings, but excludes things like physical property and cash reserves (emergency fund). The purpose of … [Read the rest]

Sam’s Club $25 Discount – New and Renewal Memberships

Sam's Club has a new deal that can get you a $25 gift card when you join or renew your membership. Here is the deal link, but everyone who does the Facebook share ends up at this page (in case you don't do Facebook). Print it out (or load on … [Read the rest]

Investment Returns By Asset Class, 2014 Year-End Review

I don't always check my portfolio performance, but when I do, I do it at the end of the year. Here are the trailing 1-year returns for select asset classes as benchmarked by passive mutual funds and ETFs. Return data was taken from Morningstar … [Read the rest]

Cook It Yourself: Learn a Skill, Save Money, Improve Your Health

I'm still into the "Cook It Yourself" movement/meme/trend/whatever. If you're looking for a new year's resolution and consider yourself a DIY person, why not CIY in 2015? Knowing how to cook simple, delicious food is a great skill to have and it … [Read the rest]

Season’s Greetings!

Thank you very much for reading My Money Blog this year. It's now been over 10 years... where has the time gone! I still look forward to learning and sharing something new every day. Here's hoping that you are happy, healthy, and moving ever … [Read the rest]

True Meaning of Christmas: Making a Charitable Giving Plan

If you celebrate Christmas, you may have seen this quote about keeping with true values behind the holiday: Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your … [Read the rest]