Best Frugal Chicken Broth: Most Flavor For The Least Money?

For me, cooking at home means using a ton of chicken broth and chicken stock (yes there are technically differences between broth and stock but mostly the terms are used interchangeably in recipes). It comes in handy in all kinds of recipes, and … [Read the rest]

Top 1% of Income at Age 30 = $135,000 a Year

I've never been into the whole 1% politicized debate, but Derek Thompson at The Atlantic has put out another chart that just begs for a glance. The richest percentile of Americans makes many hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. So how could … [Read the rest]

PNC Bank Card + Visa Checkout $10 Bonus

Get a $10 statement credit via this link when you enroll in Visa Checkout with a PNC Bank Visa debit or credit card by 12/31/2014. You don't actually have to buy anything for this promotion. Visa Checkout allows you to pay at participating … [Read the rest]

Bank of America Card + Visa Checkout $10 Bonus

This offer is EXPIRED.  Get a $10 Prepaid Reward Visa® Card via this link when you enroll in Visa Checkout with a Bank of America Visa debit or credit card by 12/4/2014. You'll need to be a new Visa Checkout account customer and add a BofA consumer … [Read the rest]

AmEx Small Business Card Offers: $150 off $150 AT&T Wireless

Quickly since this won't apply to everyone - If you have a American Express Business card with OPEN, check to see if you were offered $150 back at AT&T Wireless. Simply log into your AmEx account online and scroll down until you see the “Amex … [Read the rest]

Chart: The Reason You Never Get Anything Done

This highly scientific chart shows why many of us are so inefficient. I'm definitely guilty of this one. Another insightful comic from XKCD, via Abnormal Returns. … [Read the rest]

REITs and Rising Interest Rates

Since March 2009, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity index of US real estate stocks has has nearly quadrupled. When will the party end? Mathematically, we know that bond values will go down in general if interest rates rise. But how would rising interest … [Read the rest]

Target Gift Cards 10% Off on Black Friday 2015

I usually don't write much about Black Friday "deals" as it usually involves a lot of stuff most people don't need anyway, but this year it caught my attention that Target is selling their gift cards at 10% off face value. Here are details according … [Read the rest]

REIT Primer: Should You Add REITs To Your Retirement Portfolio?

Here is a fairly balanced and informational Morningstar article about real estate investment trusts (REITs). Below are my notes and excerpts: Equity REITs are publicly traded companies that own and manage income-generating real estate … [Read the rest]

2015 ACA Obamacare Income Qualification Chart

Open enrollment for obtaining health insurance from the Affordable Care Act-sponsored Health Insurance Marketplace for the 2015 calendar year starts on November 15th, 2014. (If you have a qualifying event like marriage, divorce, the birth of a … [Read the rest]

Dinner: A Love Story Book Review – An Ode to Family Dinners

Every since completing the Dinner Boot Camp over 8 weeks ago, we have cooked dinner at home at least 5 times every single week (heating up frozen lasagna doesn't count). Two months! That has never happened before... The weeklong boot camp (see if … [Read the rest]

Our Family’s Retroactive COBRA Health Insurance Experience

In order to extend her maternity leave, my wife is taking an unpaid leave-of-absence from her job. Since this means we will lose her employer-paid health insurance and our child has an issue that requires regular doctor visits at this time, we knew … [Read the rest]