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When I think of winter and the holiday season, I have to admit that my mind usually turns to holiday celebrations and cozy nights with the family. Practical, financial matters are often the farthest things from my mind. I should, however, make a little time to think about our family’s insurance needs.
You see, [...]
About two weeks ago, I signed up for Equifax’s free trial of Score Watch. With Score Watch, you get your three credit reports and your FICO credit score as reported by Equifax for free for 30 days. I had recently signed up for MyFICO’s free credit score program, and I wanted to compare [...]
Redbox Automated Retail LLC began its quest to provide cheap and easily rented DVD’s in 2004 when it opened a couple dozen kiosk locations in Denver, Colorado. Owned and operated by McDonalds, Redbox was initially placed within fast food locations as a quick and cheap way to rent a DVD. Simply swipe your credit or [...]
why buy when you can rent?
We love to entertain. Nothing makes us happier than having our home filled with friends and family members. Some days I think the only reason my husband wanted to buy a house was so that he would have a place to entertain.
Since entertaining is so important to us, we have always known that [...]
Perhaps the most frequently asked question in all of personal finance is this–How do you become a millionaire? Although we often focus on the idea of becoming a millionaire, there’s really a different question lurking just below the surface–How do you become financially independent? It’s financial independence that we are really seeking, although [...]
Six high profile employees of hedge funds, IBM, Intel and the consulting firm McKinsey were arrested for insider trading. The case against them stems from a 2007 earnings report released by Google in which quarter profits were lower than expected. It would seem that someone at Google released this information a little ahead of time, [...]
I remember the plastic bag I carried into Toys R Us very vividly. It was a concoction of $1 bills and coins, with a little dust thrown it for good measure.
My allowance at the time was .50 a week, and the squirt gun I wanted to purchase was $20.
Chicken can be a versatile component in a family’s menu plans. Less expensive than beef, I’ve found that using chicken as my main meat allows me to stretch my grocery budget much farther than I could otherwise stretch it. Using chicken a great deal, though, requires me to have a large arsenal of [...]
PerkStreet Financial Checking Account
When you think of cash back cards, you probably think of credit cards, not debit cards. With the interchange fees that merchants pay to credit card issuers, the card companies can afford to payout some of the fees in the form of cash rewards. But with debit card transactions, [...]