Don’t get conned when you’re hunting for sales and bargain shopping online. Here’s how to find out if the deal sites you’re dealing with are on the up and up.
SVB: I got to know Joe Wallace, the editor of Cheap Today, a shopping site, who’s impressed me with a lot of his online bargain shopping [...]
This update is a little late for December 2008, but it’s here.
December was a good month for investors, a rare good time in a miserable year. Without the December rebound in stocks, 2008 could have been a lot worse for many people when the receive their year-end statements from brokers and mutual fund companies. Most [...]
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This update is a little late for December 2008, but it’s here.
December was a good month for investors, a rare good time in a miserable year. Without the December rebound in stocks, 2008 could have been a lot worse for many people when the receive their year-end statements from brokers and mutual fund companies. Most [...]
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This update is a little late for December 2008, but it’s here.
December was a good month for investors, a rare good time in a miserable year. Without the December rebound in stocks, 2008 could have been a lot worse for many people when the receive their year-end statements from brokers and mutual fund companies. Most [...]
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It only takes a global financial meltdown to introduce financial education to young people. That’s comforting. A new bill has been passed that will create a three year pilot program to require a finance basics course for high school seniors in six New Jersey school districts. It would cover some basics such as writing a [...]
About the Author: Jeremy is a retirement planning specialist and founder of Generation X Finance and the guide to Financial Planning at About.com. To learn more, follow Jeremy on Twitter.
New Jersey Bill to Require Personal Finance 101 for High School Seniors
When I visited my family in Boston last week, Sunday surprised us with nearly of snow. It completely ruined our plans for the day. However, I couldn’t help but think about much money I spent on heat when I lived there. It wouldn’t be uncommon to have a $250 heating bill for [...]
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In late December, I took advantage of the free filing offer from MyCorportation (MyCorporation reviews) and registered my own company for my little online business (and saved $149 filing fee ). I am glad the whole process went very smoothly without any incident. About two weeks ago, the package arrived with the certificate and [...]
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While watching the movie Hero I realized that I had a belief that might – or might not – be shared by everyone else. It may sound bizarre. If you imagine your life as a movie (or maybe a miniseries, we are talking about a long film), who is the hero of your movie? [...]
There has been a little bit of confusion in the comments regarding how income trust distributions are taxed. The confusion is in what the distributions are composed of. Typically, when you look at a stock on the market with a distribution, you can safely assume that it’s a dividend. Dividends are great as they are [...]
The following exercise will be enlightening to those deep in credit card debt, entertaining to those not in debt, and a cautionary tale to those too young to have experienced it. If you are in the former category, like me, I encourage you to hunt down your most recent credit card statement, or simply [...]
Check out these articles of the week:
Credit Cards Calling The Shots @ Frugal Dad
Did I Meet My 2008 Financial Goals? @ Brip Blap
How to File Your Taxes for Free – Free Tax Software and E-File @ Generation X Finance
No Economic Stimulus Check? How Obama’s Stimulus Plan Affects The Middle Class @ The Digerati Life
Dispelling Common [...]
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I’ve had a bad cold the last few days. Then again, I can’t remember when I’ve had a good cold. Either way, it’s sucked out my desire to do much of anything. Ever be really bored, but at the same time not feeling like doing something? That’s me over the last [...]
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To all who celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year!
2009 is the Year of Ox (Bull?), one of the favorites among the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. After seeing what happened in 2008, let’s hope a better 2009!
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Happy New Year
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A couple days ago I performed a highly unscientific poll on the subject of thermostat settings. I asked Twitter followers to share their overnight temperature settings and how cold the outside temperatures were in their neck of the woods. My hypothesis was that people are much more frugal about their temperature settings than [...]
If the federal tax brackets are too much for you to handle you can always use tax prep software like TurboTax or TaxACT which will walk you through it, in some cases you can file for free!
If you have a more complicated financial situation or just don’t want to mess with taxes at all, [...]
With no second stimulus check in the works, what should we expect from Obama’s economic plan and how will it affect the middle class?
Mr. Obama’s proposed economic package has a little of everything for small businesses and for middle class families making less than $200,000 a year. Optimists in Washington hope the bill that amounts [...]
Free E-File for Federal Taxes
As if paying taxes isn’t bad enough, having to pay just to complete and file your taxes is a real pain. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could file your taxes for free? The good news is in many cases, you can. That’s right, you could qualify to complete and file [...]
About the Author: Jeremy is a retirement planning specialist and founder of Generation X Finance and the guide to Financial Planning at About.com. To learn more, follow Jeremy on Twitter.
How to File Your Taxes for Free – Free Tax Software and E-File
The 2008 tax season is just around the corner, did you get your tax preparation software yet? If not, do you know which software you want to use if it’s the first time you use a tax preparation software to file your income taxes? When I posted the tax software giveaway last week, I also [...]
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In response to a recent article on credit cards closing accounts, a Frugal Dad reader (we’ll call him John) submitted the following scenario and question. I told him I’d answer his question here with his permission, and solicit feedback from fellow readers who may have more experience with similar situations and be able to add [...]
2009 is less than one month old, there are already a few banks being closed, picking up what was left from last year. A total of 25 banks were shut down in 2008. So far in 2009, three have gone under already:
National Bank of Commerce, Berkeley, IL: Closed on January 16, 2009, assets at close [...]
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This gruesome economy…what fun we are all having. We started asking around about listing our house and moving, and we were horrified by the depreciation in our home value. In the New York City area, things have changed – drastically. Most of my neighbors worked in the financial services industry, like me, and the money [...]
What’s the best online savings account according to Kiplinger’s? Plus Etrade Bank, FNBO Direct and other high yield savings account interest rate updates.
With online savings account rates dropping like stones for some time now (along with all other rates) — in response to Fed rate cuts and the government’s strong resolve to turn this [...]
Get ready to enjoy the Super Bowl with these HDTV deals:
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Today’s guest post comes from Studenomics, a blog that tries to help younger people reach financial independence. If you enjoy reading this guest post then please consider subscribing to RSS Feed.
There are certain assumptions that have been made over the years in regards to a young persons financial situation while attending college. [...]
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A couple of days ago I was feeling pretty good about Dollar Savings Direct and their seemingly unbeatable 4.00% APY. Today, I am feeling a little disappointed when they finally decided to follow what other banks have done already, cutting their rate to 3.50% APY.
For now I am going to probably stay with Dollar Savings [...]
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