The Money Writers

It’s been a hectic weekend, and it might end with me literally seeing most everyone I have known in the past 10 years. Most days, my wife and I have been visiting three people for three to four hours scattered across the Boston area. I thought this was going to be a vacation with at least three hours that my wife and I would have as downtime to catch up e-mail go to the gym - things like that.
In all this running around, I got an e-mail on my cell phone from Kimberly Palmer of US News’ Alpha […]

Last month, I wrote about Revolution Money Exchange and how you can get $25 for two minutes of your time. The 10,000 foot view is that the company has some very important people in the banking industry trying to start-up a competitor to Paypal. Paypal has been around a long, long, time and has the power of Ebay behind it. This company realizes it’s facing an uphill battle, so they are willing to buy users with a free $25 for those willing to take those two minutes to sign up.
I signed up and I’ve used it to […]

The price of stamps goes up an entire penny on Monday. If you use a lot of stamps you may consider buying 100 of the Forever Stamps at $41. This will save $1 vs. buying them next week. I know a great many people that will consider this. Some of them will use 20 minutes of their and 80 cents of gas to save that dollar.
I just got back from the post office, I had some other errands to run. I asked the clerk if people were buying more Forever Stamps. She said that […]

A slight break from my usual routine - I’ve added a new feature that’s pretty interesting (to me, at least). You’ll notice I’ve added a “Magazines” link above, and it takes you to a page where you can subscribe to magazines - for free.
Most of these magazines are ad-supported, so they do need you […]

It’s not very often that I can offer you a very easy to way to earn $25 - with little risk and about 5 minutes of time (they claim 2 minutes, but I’m often just a little slow). The other day a friend of mine let me know that a new company is planning to compete with Paypal - Revolution Money Exchange. It seems that users can exchange money with no fees - it reminds me of why I signed up for Paypal many years ago. If you open up an account from this link, they’ll start […]

I was watching the local news this past weekend, when there was an interesting segment. In order to qualify for the free money being given in the tax stimulus package, you must file taxes for this year. Many seniors other low-income people may not be required to file their taxes. Furthermore because they might not have filed taxes in years, they probably aren’t aware that they need to do this to claim their share of the money.
I realize it is late in the tax season to get taxes filed. Fortunately, if you are in this […]

This piece of news caught my eye this morning… a single trader blamed for 7.15 billion USD fraud at French bank, Societe Generale. I don’t know about you, but if I lose $10 through some kind of fraud, I get pretty upset.
I can’t help to think about the scam in Office Space to sweep […]

I thought this was pretty interesting.
Tata Motors, India’s largest automobile company, unveiled the world’s cheapest car today - according to a press release on the company’s website. This brand new two-cylinder vehicle is priced at INR (Indian Rupee) 100,000 equivalent to $2549 US dollars.

Image source: www.tatapeoplescar.com
Honestly, when I heard about this concept more than […]

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It seems like Baby Bonds are in the news. I’ve been reading at Dollar Roller and Money Smart Life. The idea seems to be that the government would open a $5,000 account for every newborn baby in the US. The money would grow and mature at the child’s 18th birthday. […]

Milk seems to be the next hot thing after gasoline.
Yesterday, at our local SAM’s club, milk was priced at $3.49 a gallon … and gasoline was at $2.55.
Anyways, did you know that milk prices are rising globally because affluent people in emerging economies are drinking more milk? Here is what the NY Times […]