Tonight, I got several email confirmations for separate €25 Paypal payments to "Skype Communications Sarl". Thing is, I haven't used Skype in years. At first I thought it was just another phishing attempt. But the domain on the e-mail checked … [Read the rest]
I saw that a book called The Science of Getting Rich was temporarily free at the Amazon Kindle store, so I checked it out as with most financially-related titles. Surprisingly, it had over 300 reviews with a 4.3/5 star rating, quite rare for a free … [Read the rest]
Gus Sauter, former CIO at Vanguard, talks about the need to focus on after-tax investment returns in an interview with the WSJ (found via Abnormal Returns). He answers the question What’s your most important tax advice for mutual-fund … [Read the rest]
Carol Loomis of Fortune has just posted the 6-year update in Fortune of the $1,000,000 index fund vs. hedge fund bet between Warren Buffett and a successful hedge fund manager. The hedge funds were in the lead early on, but started lagging behind … [Read the rest]
Now that the dust has settled a bit, here's a quick breakdown of the newly-announced myRA based on the description "simple, safe and affordable starter retirement savings account". Simple = Direct payroll deduction. myRA will be funded … [Read the rest]
At a major ETF industry conference, Vanguard CIO Tim Buckley shared a preview of an upcoming report from by Vanguard Research. The general idea is that a good financial advisor should be able to affect the performance of client's portfolio by three … [Read the rest]
One of the more useful apps on my phone allows me to take a picture of documents and receipts and convert them instantly into a PDF file. The apps automatically detect page corners and "flatten" the raw images into a high-quality scan with results … [Read the rest]
I totally missed this app the first time around, but PaperKarma is an iPhone/iPad app and Android app that helps you stop junk mail. Catalogs, magazines, coupon books, flier, credit card offers, yellow books, etc. You just snap a photo of any … [Read the rest]
(Update: The offer below has expired.) The premium co-branded Citi Executive AAdvantage MasterCard has a special offer link that is showing a sign-up bonus of 100,000 American Airlines miles after you spend $10,000 within the first 3 months of … [Read the rest]
Microbusiness. Nanobusiness. Solopreneur. These new terms were created to describe the one-person businesses which Kim Palmer profiles in the new book The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life. Some people … [Read the rest]
Updated. If you are looking to open a new TradeKing stock brokerage account, don't forget to grab both a $50 opening bonus and a $150 transfer fee reimbursement if moving money from another broker. TradeKing offers $4.95 trades with no … [Read the rest]
P2P lender Prosper.com was sued because the defendants "allegedly violated securities laws due to Prosper’s selling securities without qualifying or registering them and acting as an unlicensed broker-dealer" (they later registered with the SEC). I … [Read the rest]
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