The Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund is designed to track the entire spectrum of US bonds (well, those that are publicly-traded, taxable, and investment-grade). It is the second-largest bond fund out there, with $160 billion in assets and … [Read the rest]
Here's another potential way to cut those monthly expenses. FreedomPop is a start-up offering wireless 4G data service with a free basic plan including 500 megabytes data per month. You can earn more free data by referring your friends or doing … [Read the rest]
These days when you inquire about repairing something, you're often confronted with a $50-$100 minimum diagnostic charge with no guarantee that it'll be fixed. Combine this with carefully planned obsolescence by the manufacturers, and it's no … [Read the rest]
Here's a friendly reminder for those on the hunt for a new job. Many job-search expenses may be tax-deductible, so knowing the rules can save you money at tax time. As you might expect from the IRS, the rules aren't straightforward: You have … [Read the rest]
Here is my monthly update of the trailing total returns for the major asset classes that I find useful. I am using passive ETFs to track asset classes, as they represent "real" investments that you can buy and sell. See August 2012 asset class … [Read the rest]
Here's yet another retirement rule-of-thumb, this time by Fidelity Investments. [...] the average worker may replace 85 percent of his pre-retirement income by saving at least 8 times his ending salary. In order to reach the 8X level by age 67, … [Read the rest]
The Barclaycard NFL Extra Points Credit Card is currently offering 10,000 bonus points after making $500 in purchases over the first 90 days. That's worth $100 in statement credits which you can use to increase your savings rate, or they have other … [Read the rest]
In my initial review of new brokerage firm Motif Investing, I wanted to use this new brokerage structure to create cheap, custom ETFs - specifically, baskets of dividend-oriented stocks that for example match the S&P Dividend Aristocrat or Dividend … [Read the rest]
Schwab recently announced lowered expenses on all of their 15 Schwab-branded ETFs, undercutting everyone else's comparable ETFs in every category, including Vanguard. Quite a bold move! Here is a limited comparison of comparable Vanguard and Schwab … [Read the rest]
Health insurance can be a complicated subject. This article is about the specific situation where you recently ended a job and haven't yet started either a new job with benefits or alternative health coverage. Should you take the COBRA coverage, … [Read the rest]
My parents gave me a very generous present of an iPod Touch for Christmas 2009. It came in very handy while traveling and at the gym, but then I got an iPhone (business expense!) and stopped using the iPod. It felt tacky to sell, so I waited. … [Read the rest]
The Citi Forward® Card is running a limited-time promotion with Netflix for new cardmembers where they will pay for your Netflix streaming for an entire year if you use the card for payment. At currently prices, that's $7.99 x 12 = $95.88 + taxes. … [Read the rest]
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