Wouldn't a Netflix for books be neat? You could borrow all the books that you wanted to read and then return them when you're done. Oh wait, they already invented it and called it a library. But seriously, what if you wanted it all available … [Read the rest]
Updated details, added new stores, and added our own experience. You're gonna have a baby! Part of the whirlwind is deciding where to start your baby registry. Similar to wedding registries, you go to the store, pick up a bar code scanner, and … [Read the rest]
The Federal Reserve recently released a report about about consumer payments [pdf], and it had some interesting results (at least to me). Via Business Insider. Here are the distilled highlights. Cash is still the most frequently used form of … [Read the rest]
Just as important as finding a good investment is knowing what investments to avoid at all costs. If you simply manage to avoid putting any money into financial sinkholes, you'll come out ahead. I've already mentioned the common mistake of … [Read the rest]
Update: This LTO is now EXPIRED Chase has just boosted the sign-up bonuses on their Ink cards. The Ink Bold Card and Ink Plus Card cards now offer 60,000 Ultimate Reward points after spending $5,000 within 3 months, which are worth 60,000 United … [Read the rest]
There are a plethora of buy vs. rent calculators out there, but virtually all of them make at least some fixed assumptions. They might assume that you could invest the difference between renting and buying in the stock market at 8% return while you … [Read the rest]
I just finished reading If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, a free starter book on personal finance by respected author William Bernstein. As the PDF was only 16 pages long, you could probably finish it during a lunch hour or commute. … [Read the rest]
Sometimes I wonder what all the fuss about credit scores is about. But mortgage underwriting is one area where it is very important, mostly due to the unwillingness or inability of lenders to look beyond a subprime credit score. Many brokers that … [Read the rest]
Many people hire a financial advisor because they aren't comfortable investing on their own, and they appreciate having an experienced person to talk to whenever they have any questions. However, this has traditionally meant paying at least 1% of … [Read the rest]
Interest rates remain very low, but at the same time we are constantly being warned that they could spike up soon. What is a conservative investor to do? Everbank's lineup of MarketSafe CDs are a new wrinkle on FDIC-insured bank CDs that try to … [Read the rest]
Being a peer-to-peer lender been a bumpy ride. Prosper Marketplace was first, but if you were an early investor/lender you'd have been lucky to have gotten back what you put in as most people had negative returns. Then came LendingClub with stricter … [Read the rest]
Deal site Zulily has a special Sam's Club Plus membership deal where for $45 you get over $91 of value: One-year Sam's Club Savings membership ($45 value), which includes a membership card for the primary cardholder and a complimentary … [Read the rest]
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