About two months ago, I wrote an article detailing my progress in improving my gas mileage. By making a few small adjustments to my driving style, I was able to improve my mileage by 15%. Today, I wanted to share a more general tip for saving money on gas: track your mileage mileage.
If you’re at [...]
When it comes to finding a good mechanic, I’ve always relied on the recommendations of others. We’ve moved around a good bit over the years, so finding a new mechanic has been a fairly regular occurrence for us. While our friends and colleagues have never steered us wrong, there are a number of things that [...]
This is just a quick note to share my recent annoyance with Bank of America’s online interface. While we’ve had a fairly good experience with Bank of America overall, I’ve run into a periodic snag over the past few months when trying to login. In short, I load up their homepage, click to sign in, [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s getting harder and harder to find 0% balance transfer credit cards that don’t charge a transfer fee. In fact, as far as I’m aware, there aren’t any fee-free, 12+ month 0% balance transfer offers out there. After a bit of digging, however, I was able to come up with [...]
This is a guest post from Dylan Ross, a certified financial planner and owner of Swan Financial Planning, LLC, a registered investment adviser in New Jersey.
The term “financial planner” is often applied to a variety of finance-related occupations, and its use is largely unregulated. Just about anyone can call himself or herself a “financial planner” [...]
This is just a quick note to let you know that I wrote a guest post over at Get Rich Slowly on using an allowance to teach kids about money. Be sure to stop by and check it out.
As a followup to my earlier article about the safety of credit unions, I wanted to shed some light on the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), which is administered through National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Thanks to the NCUSIF, no credit union members have ever lost money on insured deposits at an NCUSIF-backed [...]
A few months back, I mentioned that I had launched a credit card website called Credit Addict. It’s been in need of a facelift for awhile, and this weekend I finally got around dressing it up. In case you’re curious, I invite you to drop by and check it out — and maybe be subscribe [...]
In case you missed it, we recently decided to open an online savings account with FNBO Direct where we’re collecting a healthy 3.50% APY. During my behind-the-scenes tour, I also noted that FNBO Direct offers an online billpay account that can be linked directly to your online savings account. Well…
They’re now offering a $25 bonus [...]
With all of the recent headlines about struggling banks, I thought it would be worth talking a bit about credit unions. According to a recent article in the WSJ, five of the nation’s largest credit unions are reporting paper losses on mortgage-related securities.
As it turns out, all five of these institutions are “corporate” credit unions [...]
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