Online Shopping: Are You Being Tricked By These 15 Dark Patterns?

During these stressful times, many of us are doing a lot more shopping online (unfortunately for local retailers). The competition to get you to spend as much as possible has evolved to take full advantage of all of our psychological weaknesses. … [Read the rest]

Google Plus Class Action Settlement: Up to $12 Cash Payment

I received an email that Google settled a class action lawsuit claiming that the now-defunct Google+ social media service exposed your personal data in a harmful manner. You can submit a claim here, where you must attest to all of the … [Read the rest]

Kneading Dough Podcast: Athletes Talk Openly About Money

Another podcast that I discovered late is Kneading Dough, where famous athletes sit down and talk openly about their finances. Created by UNINTERRUPTED (founded by Lebron James and Maverick Carter) and sponsored by Chase, guests over the three … [Read the rest]

Marcus Bank AARP 0.10% APY Rate Boost, CD Special, Free AARP Membership

This is a multi-part deal, but you may already have some of these accounts. Marcus is the online banking arm of Goldman Sachs. AARP members are eligible for two member benefits at Marcus: 0.10% APY rate increase to the Online Savings rate … [Read the rest]

Internet Archive / Open Library: Borrow Hard-to-Find Books For 1 Hour

The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." They have a lot going on, from the Wayback machine that archives websites (including this one) to old video games to TV shows … [Read the rest]

The Case For Only Looking At Your Portfolio Balance Once A Year

There are many excellent insights within Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A useful everyday tip is that you should accept that you have behavioral biases and that they don't go … [Read the rest]

US Treasury Yields Lowest In The History of the Republic

Like many folks, I recently enjoyed the excellent musical Hamilton for the first time on Disney+. I'm a bit embarrassed to say it was also very educational (yes, I know its not 100% historically accurate). I never really thought about how … [Read the rest]

Rational Expectations: Advanced, Specific, Practical Portfolio Advice

The fourth and final book in the "Investing for Adults" series by William Bernstein is Rational Expectations: Asset Allocation for Investing Adults. In Book 1: The Ages of the Investor, I learned to take advantage of a lucky streak in stocks and … [Read the rest]

Money in Excel Review – Good For Budget Tracking, Bad For Investments

Thanks to generous assistance from a reader, I was able to spend some time poking around the new Money in Excel template for Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscribers. Does it fulfill its promise of helping you "see all your financial accounts … [Read the rest]

NBC’s Peacock TV Streaming Service Has a 100% Free Tier

Just a quick note that there is a new streaming service, Peacock by NBC Universal. What makes it different than Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and other services is that it has a 100% free tier (with ads) that includes a lot of decent content including … [Read the rest]

Country Time Bailout: Kid’s Lemonade Stand $100 Stimulus Check

The summer lemonade stand remains the iconic entrepreneurial opportunity for kids. Well, maybe not this summer. Country Time Lemonade is starting the Littlest Bailout Relief Fund, which is a $100,000 fund to send $100 stimulus checks to 1,000 … [Read the rest]

Pizza Hut Camp Book It! Kids Summer Reading Program

Some of you may remember the Pizza Hut "Book It!" program during your elementary school years that encouraged reading using free pizza as a reward. Well, it still exists in the form of Camp Book It!: Parents, join us for our first ever Camp BOOK … [Read the rest]