While Zecco is rolling out the new Zecco Trading Center, they’ve extended their popular Refer-a-Friend offer. If you share, you get rewarded: $100 for you and $100 for your friends when they open a new Zecco Trading account and fund with $10,000. There’s no limit to the number of friends you can refer. The offer [...]
Thanks to Matthew over at 8coupons.com, my holiday headache is a little less, well–headache-y. Wait! you say. It’s not even Halloween yet, for ghosts’ sake. Why bring this all up now? Because we all know a bad economy when we see one. Look for Christmas displays starting now, or even in some cases where I [...]
The IRS just announced cost of living adjustments (COLA) affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement items for the 2012 tax year. Many of the pension plan limitations change for 2012 because the increase in the COLA index met the statutory thresholds needed. Some limitations will remain unchanged. Here are some of the [...]
On Friday, 10/21/2011, Bay Area-based P2P company Prosper will be running a one-day promotion offering to make borrowers’ 2nd payment, up to $250.* If you apply for a new loan before midnight on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, Prosper will make your second payment for you. To be eligible for the offer, you cannot have posted [...]
No, I’m not talkin’ about a revolution here. Or occupying Wall Street. This is personal. This October, around the country, Kiplinger is hosting Financial Planning Days where certified planners are giving FREE, no-strings-attached guidance–with no pushy sales tactics. Watch the Financial Planning Days video: Each local Financial Planning Day features experts from the Financial Planning [...]
I awoke Saturday morning with a cold. Lying in bed, I thumbed/clicked my way through Facebook on my iPhone looking for thrills–and found my morning’s entertainment: Five Financial Lessons You’ll Learn from the Zombie-Apocalypse. Maybe the thrills and chills weren’t unlimited, but it worked for me. Some of the gems from DebtKid’s (via Jessica Ward) [...]
Bankrate is giving away a BlogWorld pass and a trip to L.A. (complete with spending money). You can earn more chances to win by inviting your friends and followers to enter. If interested, here’s where you can join the contest and refer others: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Bankrate#!/Bankrate?sk=app_28134323652 Twitter: http://wildfireapp.com/twitter/233/contests/146337?referral_entry_id=29084561
The Universe Called ETFs New to ETFs? So am I. So instead of flailing around, trying to select from the more than 1,000-plus ETFs currently available (!), I turned to the MarketRiders service to help me separate the wheat from the chaff–and whittle the number of ETFs to consider down to a reasonable number (nine, [...]
Have you gotten thrown around in the market–again? Many of us can say “yes” to that, especially recently. If you finally have the resolve to quit “playing the markets” and get serious with your money, you should think about this style of investing–used by major endowments and the super-wealthy. [Quick Primer on Random Walk theory: [...]
