Free Personal Financial Planning Course on Coursera

Posted on January 13, 2013 // 10 Comments

Online "open" education site Coursera has a free personal financial planning course starting January 14th, 2013. It will run for 7 weeks, requiring 3-6 hours of work per week, and you get (likely worthless) certification of completion at the end. … [Read the rest]

$10,000 P2P LendingClub and Prosper Loan Portfolio Update – January 2013

Posted on January 9, 2013 // 7 Comments

Here’s the last part of the monthly update for my Beat The Market Experiment, a set of three real-money portfolios started on November 1st, 2012. See also my $10,000 Benchmark and $10,000 Speculative portfolio updates for January 2013. On 11/1/12, … [Read the rest]

$10,000 Beat-the-Benchmark Speculative Portfolio Update – January 2013

Posted on January 8, 2013 // 3 Comments

Here's another piece of the monthly update for my Beat the Market Experiment, a set of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, … [Read the rest]

Have Both TradeKing and Zecco Accounts? Merge Them Together

Posted on January 8, 2013 // 1 Comment

If you are a former Zecco brokerage account holder, you should have been migrated over to TradeKing by now as a result of their merger/acquisition. However, I already had a TradeKing account, and now when I log in I can swap between them but they … [Read the rest]

$10,000 Benchmark Portfolio Update – January 2013

Posted on January 8, 2013 // 9 Comments

Time again for a Beat the Market Experiment monthly update, for the first of three portfolios started on November 1st, 2012: $10,000 Passive Benchmark Portfolio that would serve as both a performance benchmark and an real-world, low-cost … [Read the rest]

Free Credit for Amazon MP3 Downloads

Posted on January 3, 2013 // 27 Comments

Updated. Here's another $2 in free Amazon MP3 credit up for grabs. Visit this link for the details - you'll need a Facebook account for this one (real or spam account, you decide). It should increase your gift card balance for music purchases … [Read the rest]

Investment Returns By Asset Class – 2012 Annual Returns, Year-End Update

Posted on January 1, 2013 // 3 Comments

Happy New Year! 2012 has come to an end, which makes this monthly update into an annual wrap-up of the trailing total returns for selected asset classes. Passive ETFs are used to represent major asset classes, as they represent actual investments … [Read the rest]

Why You Should Make a New Year’s Resolution

Posted on December 28, 2012 // 2 Comments

If you're like me, you may wonder if a New Year's resolution is even worth the bother. By chance, I was listening to an NPR interview today with a Dr. John Norcross, a psychology professor who decided to study this phenomenon. Listen, download … [Read the rest]

Use Up Small Balance Visa & American Express Gift Cards with Amazon.com Purchases

Posted on December 26, 2012 // 11 Comments

For some reason, cash is old-fashioned and now it's common to give out gift cards in the form of prepaid credit cards. If you have a prepaid Visa, Mastercard, or American Express gift card and you want to use up an odd remaining amount like $3.34 … [Read the rest]

MyMoneyBlog.com $2,500 Holiday Cash Giveaway (Winner Announcement)

Posted on December 24, 2012 // 25 Comments

Winner Announcement! The contest is now closed. The winning entry was picked using Random.org with the Timestamp: 2012-12-25 03:28:18 UTC. Congratulations to Anthony T (aXXXXXX@gmail.com), the lucky winner of $2,500. You should have received an … [Read the rest]

Backup Your Music Library For Free Into Google’s Cloud Service

Posted on December 20, 2012 // 5 Comments

Google has just announced on their Google Play page that you can now upload your music library to Google Play, and they will scan them and keep a copy in the cloud for free and let you stream to your devices as needed. This "digital music locker" is … [Read the rest]

Free ShopRunner Membership

Posted on December 20, 2012 // 10 Comments

It may not work in time for Christmas anymore, but here's another offer for a free 1-year Shoprunner membership. Enter offer code RUNNER. No credit card required, it is optional, just asks for an e-mail address. Shoprunner is similar to Amazon … [Read the rest]

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