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Handling The Digital TV Transition
It’s been years since I had cable, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get my fix of bad robots [...]
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Rate Update: HSBC Direct Dropped to 2.60% APY and More
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Rate Update: HSBC Direct Dropped to 2.60% APY and More
Though I no longer actively use HSBC Direct any more (my account is still open, but with no money in it), I have been keeping an eye on its rate changes, especially after other popular banks, such as FNBO Direct, [...]
By this time I hope you have shaken off what’s left of that New Year’s hangover. It’s time to assess the damage to your bar. Your vodka and rum supplies are running a little low, right? You’re just going to go out and replace it with Smirnoff? That’s what everyone does. [...]
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2008 Stock Trades
I traded more stocks in 2008 than all I did in the past few years. Not that I suddenly became an active trader or anything like that. In fact, I have long been a buy and hold type of investor and I still am. Sometime, I felt [...]
Good Things Can Come From Difficult Economic Times
How dare I make light of economic conditions that are forcing people out of work and out of their homes, but everything isn’t all doom and gloom with the recession. If you’ve lost your job recently, there is probably little optimism in thinking that the recession is somehow [...]
TaxCut. I decided. I bought my copy of TaxCut last week. I picked the TaxCut Premium Federal + State + E-file version since I wanted the state software too.
I switched back to TaxCut this year after a brief hiatus using TaxACT last year; I’m happy to be back!
TaxCut Features
Even though the final updates won’t [...]
TaxCut by H&R Block is one of the more common tax preparation software packages in use today; you may know it from the “I’ve got people” TV ads during tax season. After I wrote about the TurboTax review a few weeks ago “the people” at H&R Block offered to giveaway a copy of the software on this [...]
A few days ago, Bubelah and I went out to lunch sans kids, thanks to their Grandmother and Grandfather. We went to a downtown Irish pub, nothing out of the ordinary - semi-fancy food on a set price lunch menu - $15 for an appetizer and an entree. We had the food, a few teas [...]
Over the holidays my wife and I watched an episode of Oprah with guest Dr. Robert Holden. Dr. Holden is the director of The Happiness Project, a project that includes some of the world’s leading experts in the world of psychology, life coaching, business and spirituality. Frankly, I was expecting another concept like The Secret, [...]
Kathryn and her family live in Ontario where she and her husband work for a non-profit charity and have a combined household variable income of approximately $32,000. She has a passion for personal finance and helping others live well on less. She volunteers her time as a financial coach, meeting regularly [...]
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Weekend Linkage - January 4, 2009
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Weekend Linkage - January 4, 2009
Market Recap
U.S. stock markets kicked off 2009 with the most gain in 5 weeks. In the holiday-shortened trading week, stocks got a boost from rising oil price and the first batch of bailout money for GM, the troubled automaker fighting for its life. On [...]
I’m looking to get tickets to the reunion of one of my favorite shows… MTV’s The State at San Francisco’s Sketchfest. This is the first reunion in 12 years for the comedy group. The bad news is that I found out about it after the tickets were already sold out. I’ve been [...]
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Our Personal Financial Goals and Updates, The Year In Review
Like several other bloggers, I ended up quitting my job in early 2008. I didn’t expect that the rest of the year would go to pot, financially speaking, and if I knew this ahead of time, I may have thought twice about leaving the workforce! [...]
It’s been a while since I hit the feed reader–I mean a long, long while! I’ve been busy working through the holidays both at my full time job and here at Frugal Dad, but on the occasional breaks in action I have made it a point to surf through the feed reader to read up [...]
Just a Few Days Really Defined the 4th Quarter
2008 is going to be remembered as one of the worst years in the stock market, and for good reason. Most major indicies posted losses of 30% to 40% for the year. If you’re invested heavily in stocks, you’re well aware of how badly this reflects on [...]
Why Your 4th Quarter 2008 Investment Statements Look So Bad - Blame the First 8 Days in October
Here is some commentary from Tony Robbins on dealing with the fear the economic dowturn and resulting financial hardships have caused. He talks about looking for opportunities, managing your emotional reactions to turbulent times, and how the culture of the US will have to shift.
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Daily Giveaway Final Winner and NURU Personal Finance Card Winner
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Daily Giveaway Final Winner and NURU Personal Finance Card Winner
Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of the Make a Guess Win a Prize last day contest and the winner of the NURU Personal Finance Card giveaway. Was a little busy yesterday
For the last Daily Giveaway [...]
Here’s an interesting question for you. Would you sell all of your material possessions to become debt free (excluding things like family heirlooms, pictures, etc. that could not one day be replaced)? If someone knocked on your door today and said, “I’ll write a check for you to be debt free in exchange for every [...]
Our review on Lending Club, a leading peer to peer lending and borrowing social network.
Because of updated credit card regulations, fewer people are qualifying for traditional credit and loans. And now that the subprime loan industry has slowed down, people may be taking a second look at P2P lending. We’ve covered Prosper [...]
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Friday Deals: Fantom 1TB G-Force Hard Drive $89.99 and More
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Friday Deals: Fantom 1TB G-Force Hard Drive $89.99 and More
If you are looking for a massive storage for your videos and photos, then this deal is for you. Buy.com currently has Fantom 1TB G-Force External Hard Drive for$89.99 after $30 mail-in-rebate (expires 01/04/2009) with free shipping. Features of the [...]
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2008 Failed Banks and Credit Unions
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2008 Failed Banks and Credit Unions
2008 shaped to be a very bad year, if not the worst ever, for financial institutions, big or small alike. Big companies such as Citigroup, American International Group, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needed billions of dollars from Uncle Sam to stay afloat, [...]
If I had to take a rough guess, I’d say there are over 250 active personal finance bloggers. I’d define “active” as writing somewhere around 150 articles a year. Some quick math tells me that’s nearly 40,000 articles. Even if I wasn’t Lazy, reading 40,000 articles can really be a chore. [...]
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We have a business savings account at ING; it’s a great account since there are no fees and no minimum balance requirements. Perfect if you have a new business!
I was looking around in my ING account and noticed that they have an offer to “refer a business.” And with the referral comes a $25 [...]
Health care costs are a growing concern for all consumers in the US. It’s not just the elderly living on fixed incomes whose lives are affected by high drug costs.
Everyone scraping to save for retirement has this concern somewhere in the back of their mind. One of the reasons we’re all encouraged to save [...]
As most of you know, I don’t do a lot of shopping. But when I do, I like to get a bargain, and I usually find them online. I recently discovered a fun site that offers one item a day at a rock bottom price. Dillyeo.com appeals to me for a couple reasons.
Deals at dillyeo.com [...]
