My Money Blog

British Airways Visa 100,000 Mile Bonus (Expired)

Posted on May 3, 2011 // 46 Comments

Update: This card offer is now expired. A final reminder that this offer is scheduled to end on Friday actually more specifically on Thursday night 5/5/11 at 11:59PM EST. It is not being extended. This is the highest credit card mileage bonus I … [Read the rest]

Ally Bank Rolls Out eCheck Check Deposit: Scan Your Checks Online

Posted on May 3, 2011 // 17 Comments

The Ally Bank blog recently announced that they are gradually rolling out their eCheck Deposit service, where you can use a scanner and submit your deposits over the internet without having to visit a branch or mailing anything in. This is another … [Read the rest]

Bank of America Raises MyAccess Checking Account Fees 5/24

Posted on May 3, 2011 // 19 Comments

My very first big boy bank account was with Bank of America, opened when I first landed at college nearly 15 years ago. I realized today that even though I have probably opened and closed nearly a hundred (yes, 100) bank accounts since then and … [Read the rest]

AutoSlash.com Review: My Car Rental Experience

Posted on April 28, 2011 // 46 Comments

I just got back from my trip to Orlando, where I tried the new car rental website AutoSlash.com to book, and previously wrote an introductory summary of their features. To briefly recap, the website takes advantage of a unique feature of car … [Read the rest]

How Often Should I Rebalance My Investment Portfolio? Updated

Posted on April 27, 2011 // 9 Comments

Here's a slightly updated and revised version of an older post I had on rebalancing a portfolio to maintain a target asset allocation. What is Rebalancing? Let say you examine your risk tolerance and decide to invest in a mixture of 70% stocks … [Read the rest]

Prosper $104 New Lender Bonus – First 200 Only

Posted on April 26, 2011 // 7 Comments

Person-to-person lending site Prosper is offering new lenders a $104 bonus for the first 200 people to complete a new lender application, starting at Noon Pacific on Wednesday 4/27. You must reinvest the bonus into Prosper loan notes, which you can … [Read the rest]

British Airways 100k Miles Promo – Booking Award Tickets On American Airlines Using British Airways Miles

Posted on April 23, 2011 // 32 Comments

Update 5/6/11: The 100k mile card promotion is now expired. The information on using British Airways miles should still be accurate. First, a quick reminder that the British Airways 100,000 mile promotion mentioned previously is scheduled to … [Read the rest]

Finding Shadow NAVs for Money Market Funds

Posted on April 22, 2011 // 3 Comments

Money market funds always seek to maintain a published stable net asset value (NAV) of $1.00. If it drops even to $0.99, known as "breaking the buck", people start to panic. Funds are allowed us book values and then round to the nearest penny … [Read the rest]

Groupon: $8 For Domino’s Pizza, $20 For General Mills Combo

Posted on April 20, 2011 // 12 Comments

Update 4/21: There is a new national deal for a General Mills sampler pack that include a whole bunch of random goodies like cereal and sn.acks, along with a coupon book. Over 1,000 bought already, partially I guess since cereal is so darn … [Read the rest]

Building Sample Portfolios With Commission-Free ETFs

Posted on April 20, 2011 // 6 Comments

Inside this Wall Street Journal article about the recent phenomenon of brokers offering commission-free ETFs, portfolio manager Rick Ferri constructed some sample portfolios from the available offerings of Fidelity, Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and … [Read the rest]

Firstrade Commission Free ETF Trades List (First Trade)

Posted on April 20, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Discount stock broker Firstrade.com announced that they will join other brokers in offering a limited number of free ETFs to be traded with no commission. You must hold them for 30 days. If you sell an eligible ETF within 30 days of purchase, their … [Read the rest]

Infographic: Where Did Your Tax Dollars Go?

Posted on April 19, 2011 // 6 Comments

Tax Day has come and gone (unless you filed an extension). Recently, there was a competition to see who could best "create data visualizations that would make it easier for U.S. citizens to understand how the government spends our tax money". … [Read the rest]