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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 [...]

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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

Essay contest

I don’t usually post about high school scholarships, but this one comes to me via a friend who can vouch for this group (she just returned from an amazing trip to Dominican Republic). And since it is community-minded, I am all for it. The scholarship is being offered to Jewish (or Jewish-identified) high students. There [...]

UPSIDE: Are U a Shredder?

This is the month when most people get really serious about shredding their debt, like the guy who actually put his credit card in a blender. How far will YOU go to shed/shred your plastic debt – ? If you are willing to do some serious (or funny) shredding of your own and put it [...]

The Net Worth of the U.S. Presidents: Washington to Obama

In the spirit of my last post about presidential tax returns, I bring you an article from the Atlantic about the net worth of the U.S. presidents. The author examined the finances of all 43 presidents and calculated the net worth for each (in 2010 dollars). Each president’s new worth is based on its peak [...]

Play Name that Tax Return! Which President Owed 1% on $989.67?

The Tax History Project was established by Tax Analysts in 1995 to provide scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research. Presidents release tax returns only for years they serve in office [...]

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Win a Blog Makeover – God Knows I Need One

Yikes! It’s been almost a month since my last blog post. I’d like to blame it on bad old Forefox, and losing all my bookmarks, due to a bad Skype install. But maybe it’s just my old, tired blog design. With all the great sites and blogs all over the Net, I feel like I [...]

Where's George?

Quick – who’s on the $50? The $100? (Ulysses Grant and Benjamin Franklin). Instead of board games this Thanksgiving weekend, my family and I participated in a different kind of trivia: we all registered our bills with Where’s George? The United States Currency Tracking Project and have started a little competition of our own. A [...]

The $50 MoneySmart Challenge - Can YOU Double It?

A quick search on the internet, and I had figured out how to double my $50 and more, in about ten minutes. Want to take the challenge?