I want to get back to doing quarterly updates to our investment portfolio, which includes both tax-deferred accounts like 401(k)s and taxable brokerage holdings. Other stuff like cash reserves (emergency fund) are excluded. The purpose of this … [Read the rest]
Update: Yanking this one from waaaay back in the archives! Today (6/4) only, the Kindle eBook version of The Four Pillars of Investing is only $1.99. I read this book nearly 10 years ago, and I still have my hardcover copy sitting on my bookshelf. … [Read the rest]
Amazon Student is running a gift card promotion where if you buy $50 or more of selected gift cards by June 15th, you'll get a free $10 gift code by June 30th. Give them as Father's Day gifts or use them yourself. (The $50 card with a faux wood … [Read the rest]
Citibank is running a $100 bonus promotion good for existing checking account customers. You have to first enroll in the offer by 7/31/14, and then you can earn $10 per month for doing each of the following activities from … [Read the rest]
Wouldn't a Netflix for books be neat? You could borrow all the books that you wanted to read and then return them when you're done. Oh wait, they already invented it and called it a library. But seriously, what if you wanted it all available … [Read the rest]
Updated details, added new stores, and added our own experience. You're gonna have a baby! Part of the whirlwind is deciding where to start your baby registry. Similar to wedding registries, you go to the store, pick up a bar code scanner, and … [Read the rest]
The Federal Reserve recently released a report about about consumer payments [pdf], and it had some interesting results (at least to me). Via Business Insider. Here are the distilled highlights. Cash is still the most frequently used form of … [Read the rest]
Just as important as finding a good investment is knowing what investments to avoid at all costs. If you simply manage to avoid putting any money into financial sinkholes, you'll come out ahead. I've already mentioned the common mistake of … [Read the rest]
Update: This LTO is now EXPIRED Chase has just boosted the sign-up bonuses on their Ink cards. The Ink Bold Card and Ink Plus Card cards now offer 60,000 Ultimate Reward points after spending $5,000 within 3 months, which are worth 60,000 United … [Read the rest]
There are a plethora of buy vs. rent calculators out there, but virtually all of them make at least some fixed assumptions. They might assume that you could invest the difference between renting and buying in the stock market at 8% return while you … [Read the rest]
I just finished reading If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, a free starter book on personal finance by respected author William Bernstein. As the PDF was only 16 pages long, you could probably finish it during a lunch hour or commute. … [Read the rest]
Sometimes I wonder what all the fuss about credit scores is about. But mortgage underwriting is one area where it is very important, mostly due to the unwillingness or inability of lenders to look beyond a subprime credit score. Many brokers that … [Read the rest]
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