With the price of gas continuing to climb, Discover Card has timed their current promotion well. If you have a regular Discover Card, you can take advantage of it at no cost. Discover is running a 5% cashback program on gas and some related auto products for all their current card holders, but you must [...]
We have our newest satellite site up which is focused on the basics of investing at Investing Page. In addition to being a new sat site, it’s also our first sat site where we are starting out from day one with a manager for the site. Roger Sorensen, who has been writing on personal finance [...]
While balancing your check book is not a difficult thing to do, the statistics say that you probably don’t do it. According to Moebs Services, an economic research firm, 87% of consumers don’t balance their checking accounts. If you don’t know how much money is in your account, you’re much more likely to bounce a [...]
I mentioned a few tips back to use less (Use Half The Amount) to save money, so the question you’re probably asking yourself is how in the world do you save money by using more? The answer is by using more of what you already have instead of throwing in out. According to statistics from [...]
I read an interesting article about new legislation being proposed in California where your tax refund could be split and sent to two different accounts instead of just one. The reasoning is that by doing this, people will be more likely to send part of their tax refund to a retirement savings account instead of [...]
Advertisers have done a wonderful job through media markets to convince that their product is superior to the water that comes out of your faucets. It wasn’t that long ago that bottled water was almost non existent and everyone drank what came out of the tap. Today it seems that most people feel they are [...]
If you are a current personal finance blogger, I have some news that may be quite interesting to you. I am leaving my paid personal finance blogging position at the end of this month and they are looking for someone to replace me. I’m leaving because of time – with all the other projects I [...]
Borrowing instead of buying is always a good choice, but for many it has been a problem finding people who would willingly let you borrow from them. What if there was an organization in your area where all the people listed the things that they had to lend out and you could borrow from them [...]
For those who have extra time and are looking for more reading, there are plenty of articles to take a look at in carnivals and festivals. Here are the most recent ones: Education: The Education Wonks Frugality: Punny Money (note: this is one of the best festivals I’ve come across in the way it has [...]
