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Archive for February, 2010

Ally Bank has introduced some pretty unique features to what are otherwise boring certificates of deposit. We’ve written before about its no-penalty CD with a 9-month term. As the name suggests, Ally Bank’s no-penalty CD lets you can withdrawal the money before the CD matures without incurring a penalty. Well, recently Ally [...]

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Is Renter’s Insurance Worth the Cost?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Discover More Card Offers $50 Bonus

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Discovercard (www.discovercard.com) just launched a new $50 promotion on its Discover More Card that I thought was worth sharing. And it’s pretty simple to cash in on the bonus–just spend $599 on the card, and Discovercard sends you $50. Having carried the Discover More Card for many years, the first thing I checked [...]

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Talking about debt

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Here from CNN Money? Make sure to subscribe!. Also, if you have a few hours and want to start from the beginning of my story in January of 2007, here’s my very first post. Grab some coffee.

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We eat a lot of chicken in our household. I love crockpot cooking because it’s a way I blend two of my favorite past times – saving money and saving time. It is definitely a help when you have no idea what to cook for dinner. I will usually stock up [...]

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Cash4Gold or Cash4Suckers?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Currently resting around $1,120 an ounce, gold continues to be a highly traded commodity, especially since the economy started it’s decline.  This means that if you own a pound of gold (16oz.), you are sitting on close to an $18,000 investment. If you’re rich enough to own a bar of gold (London Delivery Goods [...]

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Taxes On Our Mind

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

We bought our copy of TurboTax this past weekend so we could do our federal tax return. We’ve been using TurboTax for years for doing our taxes so it is second nature to us. We like to get our taxes done as early as possible. We usually have a refund but even [...]

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Insurance.com Review

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Last month I had the chance to meet some folks from insurance.com. I found out that the company is based in Ohio (go Buckeyes!) so it must be a first rate organization. Anyway, as I mentioned a while ago, Nationwide recently jacked up my auto insurance rates. I’ve been a customer of [...]

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I ate better when I was broke

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I stepped on the scale this weekend, and the results were not pretty. 199.8 lbs.

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8 Things You Can Make At Home to Save Money

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

If you’ve been reading our blog for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that we are really “do it yourself” types. Over the past few years, I’ve shared lots of ideas on things you can make yourself to save money. Here are the highlights of those ideas:
Make Your own Pizza. :: [...]

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