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Best of Money Carnival: Bento Food Art Edition

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:41:15 +0000

Welcome to the 10th Best of Money Carnival! I haven’t hosted a money blog carnival in ages, so it’s high time I did! I am highly honored and pleased to have been given the opportunity by FMF from Free Money Finance to host this week’s edition of the Best of Money Carnival . As an aside, I hope you’ll take the opportunity to subscribe to my RSS feed or email updates if you haven’t checked me out already. There were a ton of fantastic submissions this time, so it was really tough to whittle the list down to ten! I figured I would pick out the articles that stand out, had their own unique spin (or were just well written) and have each represent a different aspect of finance to help us round out our financial fix for the week. So yes, I tried my best to cover a wide range of topics in order to give each area of finance and business some representation

Earn Cash Bonus of $150 With A WTDirect Bank Account

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:13:22 +0000

The summer has been bringing out a number of sweet deals. I’m noticing a few companies reviving their seasonal promotional programs; they’re working to lure customers to their side with enticing offers, either through discounts or in this case, through cash bonuses (which for a while, seemed to go on hiatus for a little bit). Well, this isn’t the first time that WTDirect, that online bank known for catering to high balance clients, is offering a tempting sign up bonus for new customers. From now until the end of this month (July 31), you’ll be eligible to receive a cash sign up bonus of up to $150 if you open a WTDirect savings account . Here are some particulars on the WTDirect Savings Account and the online bank behind it, for those in the market for a savings account: WTDirect Bank Account Features There are no fees. There is no minimum balance required to open an account

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Budget Planner On Sale For 10% Off

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:37:44 +0000

With MS Money now out of the personal finance software market (it’s been discontinued for good as of last month), we recently wrote about some options you can use in its place. You can check out this article I’ve written on budgeting tools and software products that can serve as alternatives to Microsoft Money. Or you may want to take up the offer of some of MS Money’s competitors who have announced discounts and sales on their desktop products for a limited time.

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Save Your Money By Paying Yourself Last

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:12:37 +0000

I am a steadfast believer of the Pay Yourself First strategy, but today, I wanted to publish the ideas and thoughts of someone with some unconventional, alternative viewpoints about the saving process. Earlier, we had a chance to discuss the money saving advice of Rob Bennett , a personal finance writer (theorist?). Rob wanted to follow up on the saving concept he’s dubbed “Paying Yourself Last” and tells us why it’s a better long term strategy for savers. Do you agree with him? Herewith are his words: Image by The New York Times

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Interview With Mr. Credit Card On Personal Finance and Silicon Valley

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:42:25 +0000

I had the pleasure of being a guest at Mr. Credit Card’s radio show today. Mr. Credit Card runs the Ask Mr. Credit Card site and is someone I’ve been interacting with online for a long time now

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One Million Dollars Down The Drain

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:12:33 +0000

Have you become a millionaire yet? If so, then here’s the next challenge: hold on to the money! This really broke my heart. I just read a story from Tel Aviv about this unfortunate woman who lost her mattress. She had been sleeping on the same old, ratty mattress for decades, and her daughter felt she would do her mother a favor by trading it in for something nice and new. What her daughter didn’t realize was that the old mattress housed her mother’s life’s savings. Cash padded its interior which amounted to a million dollars. There are apparently still people out there who literally keep their money in their mattress (there are much better places to keep your money safe )

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When To Get Personal Property Insurance

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:10:50 +0000

So you’ve got home and auto insurance coverage , plus health, life and disability insurance .

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What’s The Best Savings Account?

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:31:53 +0000

Here’s a bank that’s been in the news lately. GMAC Bank just recently changed their name to Ally Bank , as a way to revamp their image and improve their brand. They’re moving in the right direction by taking some positive steps and promising a good variety of banking products at very competitive rates, while making sure they provide strong customer service. As far as being the best savings account around, I’d say that they can be a contender if they adhere to their mission, which is as follows: “We’re a bank that values integrity as much as deposits. A bank that will always be open, accountable, and honest. Yes, honest. We won’t deal in half-truths, kindatruths, or truths only buried in fine print. That’s because we don’t have anything to hide

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Dollar Savings Direct By Emigrant Bank Offers High Returns

Wed, 20 May 2009 14:51:18 +0000

“High returns” these days aren’t what they used to be (in some cases, it may mean “breaking even” if you consider how the stock market’s been behaving lately). It’s all relative of course, and so we set our expectations accordingly. Under the Emigrant Bank umbrella, we have the online division that is Dollar Savings Direct (DSD), which offers a high yield savings account aptly called Dollar Savings Account . You may not be as familiar with this particular online bank, but as one of Emigrant Bank’s online spinoffs, you may be interested to know that its savings account sports one of the better rates I’ve seen so far in the roster of high yield savings accounts that are well discussed in the financial community. From what I’ve seen, the interest rate from DSD is actually higher than that offered by other Emigrant Bank related savings products. From Emigrant Bank: Dollar Savings Direct Account Review What You’ll Earn: Higher Returns As mentioned, the Dollar Savings Account has one main pull for consumers, and that is its yield as compared to other online savings accounts.

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