All Entries in the "Personal Finance" Category
ipad
Just received our employee issued iPads today and everyone is pretty excited about it. Now, the interesting part of this will be to find tools and applications that will allow us to do our jobs more efficiently and effectively. The first benefits that come to mind are as a travel tool to keep up on [...]
Saving for Retirement
This is a guest article by Flexo, the creator and owner of Consumerism Commentary, one of the most respected personal finance blogs. Flexo writes about investing, banking, saving and many other financial topics. Take a look at his picks for the best online savings accounts. Thinking about retirement is quite cynical. If you listen to [...]
Why You Should Open a Mint.com Account Today
Mint.com is the premier free way to manage your money online. Here are five reasons to open a Mint.com account today: Makes Your Life Easier At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Then Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you [...]
Bag lunch = Make Money
I have brought my lunch to work for nine straight working days and I’m actually started to get used to it now. Here’s the caveat…I travel approximately 30% for business, so when I travel, I eat out. But, in that case, the lunch is paid-for by a client or my firm and the only downside [...]
The 2% Raise That You May Not Know You’re Getting
As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, HR 4853, which postpones the sunset of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, reduces the estate tax, extends a large number of expired provisions, and extends unemployment benefits, there is a minor item included within which states: For 2011 only, [...]
Equifax Complete – Get It Now!
Equifax Complete™ (Get Equifax Complete Now!) gives you all the tools you need to understand, protect, and track your credit and scores over time. Equifax monitors all 3 of your credit files and alerts you to key changes within 24 hours, so you’ll know you’re protected. And with access to your credit scores from Equifax, Experian [...]
Chart of the Day, CNN Money Questions and Other Items from Today
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks were poised for a lower open Monday, taking cues from European markets as investors worry about a possible bailout for Portugal. Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down ahead of the opening bell. Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance. // [...]
I hate my mortgage payment…
I guess hate is a strong word and I probably shouldn’t use it in this instance, but hey, what the hell. We purchased a nice new home in April 2009 (got a great price since the market was pretty horrible at that point….see SPY for overall market tanking….not many people buying homes at a time [...]
