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Charlie Rose Show: Warren Buffett Interview

Posted on July 13, 2006 // 9 Comments

If you're a Warren Buffett fan, you'll enjoy this 3-part series by the Charlie Rose show on PBS, free for now via Google Video: July 10, Monday - Warren Buffett: The Man July 11, Tuesday - Warren Buffett: The Business July 12, Wednesday - … [Read the rest]

SogoInvest Feature Review – New Discount Brokerage, $3 Trades

Posted on July 12, 2006 // 26 Comments

There is a new discount brokerage on the block - SogoInvest.com. Mentioned yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, this broker is interesting on a couple of levels. Automatic Investing Broker King? It's obvious that this broker has buy-and-hold … [Read the rest]

FruCall – Comparison Shopping On Your Cellphone

Posted on July 11, 2006 // 18 Comments

Most people know about online price comparison websites like Froogle or PriceGrabber, but what if you're actually in a physical store and you need to find out if a price is good or not? Enter FruCall, which lets you find out the prices online, … [Read the rest]

Carnivals of Investing and More

Posted on July 11, 2006 // Leave a Comment

This week's Carnival of Investing is up at Experiments in Finance. Next week's edition will be hosted at Free Money Finance. For more information on participating and hosting schedule, please check out the Carnival of Investing Information … [Read the rest]

Sticking To Paper Bills…

Posted on July 11, 2006 // 37 Comments

You'd think that with all the accounts that I have, I would love getting my bills electronically. Nope. I recently tried to go 100% e-bill. Nearly ended very badly with multiple late payments. I get so many e-mails a day, it's just too easy for … [Read the rest]

Getting A Credit Card to Give Me A Free Set of Tires

Posted on July 10, 2006 // 28 Comments

I just applied for the Citi Driver's Edge Platinum MasterCard that I wrote more about previously. I'm driving a lot more this summer and therefore also spending a lot more on gas, so the 6% cash back on gas and groceries will come in handy. I'm … [Read the rest]

New Pinecone Survey Sign-up Link

Posted on July 9, 2006 // 4 Comments

There appears to be a new sign-up link for the online survey panel at Pinecone Research. If that one doesn't work, the last sign-up link I mentioned is also working again. For some background, check out my brief Pinecone review here. Keep in mind … [Read the rest]

Forming An S-Corporation To Reduce Self-Employment Taxes

Posted on July 8, 2006 // 71 Comments

Now that I've mentioned tax avoidance, one potential advantage of incorporating your business into an S-Corporation is the ability to reduce the Social Security and Medicare taxes that you pay. I'm going to stick to using examples of one-person … [Read the rest]

Tax Avoidance vs. Tax Evasion: Don’t Be Afraid of the IRS

Posted on July 8, 2006 // 13 Comments

I was browsing the library a few months ago, looking for some accounting books, when I came across a book entitled Keep Your Hard-Earned Money: Tax-Saving Solutions For The Self-Employed. It was clearly a bit dated, as it boasted about 'including … [Read the rest]

2006 Q2 Financial Goals Progress

Posted on July 6, 2006 // 4 Comments

The second quarter of 2006 is over, time again to check in on my progress towards my 2006 Financial Goals. See my progress in Q1. Separate business and personal financial worlds Actually, I have recently incorporated my self-employed business as … [Read the rest]

Book Review: All About Asset Allocation

Posted on July 5, 2006 // 8 Comments

Recently, I have been avoiding reading more investing books that were basically 'invest in index funds, invest in index funds, invest in index funds'. Great message, but I get it already. I wanted a more detailed analysis of the different asset … [Read the rest]

Emigrant Direct 5.0% APY, Presidential Savings 5.12% APY, More

Posted on July 4, 2006 // 17 Comments

Emigrant Direct is now at 5.0% APY. [Emigrant Review] [$10-$20 Opening Bonus] Presidential also raised rates last week to 5.12% APY on their Premier Savings Account. [Savings Review] Added: VirtualBank is keeping their base rate of 4.60% APY, … [Read the rest]