Holy Sheet. The fed made $9 trillion in emergency loans during the financial crisis. That’s a lot of money: http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/news/economy/fed_reserve_data_release/index.htm
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Do You Have Free Checking at Chase?
If so, go check out Jonathon’s post about their new and “not improved†free checking. Looks like there is going to be a $10-12 per month charge unless you meet certain conditions. Did I mention I love my credit union? No fees for any of my accounts and they pay me INTEREST on every account. God bless them. http://www.mymoneyblog.com/chase-adds-new-10-monthly-fee-to-free-checking-formerly-wamu.html
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Black Friday Purchase
While I normally don’t like to get caught up in the Black Friday shopping frenzy, I did take advantage of a sale on appliances at Lowes (online so I didn’t have to deal with the crowds). This wasn’t a spur of the moment, irrational purchase by any means. We started plumbing and wiring a spot in our lake house for a washer and dryer many
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Free Land!!
Would you like some free land to build a new home? Tired of city life? Then this article may be for you, although I find it highly unlikely anyone is really interested: 7 Towns Where Land Is Free Everything sounds good until you see the details. Safe to say this land isn’t in Manhattan.
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California Millionaire with Leaky Roof
This is a great article to read. I often wonder if I’m too frugal or “cheapâ€. After reading this article, I’m feeling like a free spending crazy person. Edward Wedbush runs a successful investment firm in California that employs 1000 people, manages $15 billion in assets and is valued at $300 million. The company has no debt and had a great year in 2009. Wedbush’s
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PLEASE DO NOT GET THIS CREDIT CARD!
Please tell me you don’t have the Kim Kardashian card. Please. There is a new card out that is being marketed as the Kim Kardashian Kard. Without question it’s the worst credit card that I’ve ever seen. Here are the details: Kardashian Prepaid MasterCard Card Purchase (Includes monthly fees for 6 months) $59.95 Card Purchase (Includes monthly fees for 12 months) $99.95 Monthly Fee (Applies
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Is a College Degree Worth the Money?
I keep seeing that question around the Interwebs. It seems there’s a full scale assault on getting a college education these days. While I’ve seen a number of examples where a college degree hasn’t paid off, I believe the majority of people with college degrees have benefited from them. Of course every situation is different and we all have our own experiences, so what better
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The Great Depression Via Wikipedia
Have you ever read about the Great Depression on the Wikipedia site? It’s actually quite interesting. It’s incredibly hard for me not to draw comparisons to our current “Great Recession†which I think will ultimately be renamed the Second Depression, but I guess history will determine that. Anyway, what I find most interesting is that the causes and solutions for the Great Depression are very
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United Nations Fund Credited My Account
Good news. It looks like the United Nations Fund just credited my email account 650,000 pounds. What luck!!! (How do you credit someone’s email account with money anyway?) Here is the email I just received: A lump sum of (£650,500.00 )have been credited to your E-mail Account.Congrats…Confirm this receipt by contacting Dr. Steve Peterson Tel: Tel:+60143457922 Email: unitedntf@aol.com Name:___ Address:___ Age:____ Sex:_____ Telephone____ Occupation:___ Country_____
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Adding Healthcare Deductibles to Our Budget
Now that all the paperwork for healthcare open enrollment is starting to show up, my wife and I have had to sit down and talk about the various options we have between our two companies and how we should change our plans. The reality is that it’s looking like we won’t be changing anything for 2011. That doesn’t mean that things aren’t changing. My company
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