Motif Investing is a discount brokerage with a twist: you can buy a basket of up to 30 different stocks or ETFs and the entire basket costs just $9.95 a trade. When I first heard of this company, I thought it would be a cool way to build your own … [Read the rest]
Low-cost index ETF portfolio are everywhere these days! Covestor is a site that usually charges you a fee to manage your portfolio to follow various active managers, with fees ranging up to 2% per year (split Covestor/manager 50/50). However, they … [Read the rest]
Another online ETF portfolio advisor joins the mix. Discount brokerage TradeKing, possibly best known for their $4.95 stock trades, announced a new subsidiary called TradeKing Advisors which will directly manage ETF portfolios for retail customers. … [Read the rest]
You may have read that a Princeton University study by Deaton and Kahneman found that people were more satisfied with their life as their income rose, but only until about $75,000 a year. After that, higher income did not result in greater … [Read the rest]
Available again. Groupon has a special Sam's Club Plus membership deal where for $45 you get: One-year Sam's Club Savings membership ($45 value), which includes a membership card for the primary cardholder and a complimentary membership card … [Read the rest]
Amazon has just announced Amazon Unlimited, an eBook and audiobook subscription service that costs $9.99 a month (30-day free trial) and not included in Amazon Prime. They claim over 600,000 titles in their library, although that number is padded … [Read the rest]
Updated with new scores. There are many free credit scores are available nowadays, but how do they compare in real life? There are three major credit bureaus - TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian - which all may have slightly different information … [Read the rest]
Rarely are people who achieve a non-traditional retirement profiled on mainstream media, and when they do it's usually with a "omigosh look at these crazy people" type of article. So I was surprised when I ran across this couple who talk casually … [Read the rest]
In order to keep an eye our house on longer trips as well as monitor our dogs anytime, we bought Samsung WiFi cameras a while ago that stream directly to our phones. We decided not to go with Dropcam in order to avoid recurring monthly fees. Our … [Read the rest]
Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) now offers a free credit score to select members. It may be offered only to members with a credit account with them (auto, checking overdraft, mortgage, etc.). I was offered the free FICO score and only have … [Read the rest]
Quizzle.com is a website that offers a free credit score and your official Equifax credit report every six months. You can now monitor your credit scores from all three credit bureaus for free. It has been six months for me, so I just grabbed my 2nd … [Read the rest]
In 2006, Jay Lamm organized the first 24 Hours of LeMons (official site, Wikipedia) in which cars picked off the street that cost under $500 (not counting safety equipment) raced each other for 24 hours straight. The name and format parodies the … [Read the rest]
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