Browsing Category: "Personal Finance"
The following is a paid ReviewMe: CreditMe.com is a credit card comparison site that I was recently asked to review. I’m actually in the market for a new credit card, so I decided to take this site for a test drive. I haven’t shopped for credit cards in over two years, so I expect that [...]
It’s that time of year again to think about taxes. I decided to start by looking through the latest copy of The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2007, which I receive from the publisher a few weeks ago to review. I’m kind of excited about having the guide in hand, because in the past I’ve always [...]
My wife and I received a Macy’s gift card as a holiday present. Like many of you, I really find gift cards to be annoying. They force me to shop at a particular store within a few months (since some of them expire), and I always end up spending money to cover the costs of my [...]
Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance! Fat Pitch Financials is your host to this week’s festivities in the personal finance realm of the blogosphere. It’s hard to believe that this is already the 71st edition of this carnival. I still remember when this carnival first started. The Carnival of Personal Finance inspired my Festival [...]
Over the past two years, I’ve notice a steady increase in the number of Fat Pitch Financials readers who buy books from links on my site. Amazon.com (AMZN) provides me with a small commission for each of those sales. At the end of each quarter, I receive a gift certificate to Amazon.com for my commissions. Since [...]
This weekend I finally got around to upgrading my EmigrantDirect.com account. EmigrantDirect had mailed me a ten digit access code to be used with the account upgrade after the website change over on July 24, 2006. I decided not to rush into the account upgrade since I was hearing reports from several other bloggers that [...]
It seems just like yesterday when good savings account rates were barely reaching 3 percent. Now rates are starting to exceed 5 percent. On the 4th of July, Emigrant Direct announced that they have raised their American Dream Savings Account rate to 5.00% APY. Emigrant Direct’s rates are now competitive with even HSBC, which had [...]
Emigrant Direct has done it again. They have raised their American Dream Savings Account to a 4.80% APY. I have been very happy with EmigrantDirect.com. They have kept their savings account rates competitive with the highest rates being offered in the market. There are no fees and no minimum account balances. I also like the [...]
“Did you know that there are comic books that are completely focused on money and wealth management issues, published by the Federal Reserve?” I didn’t until I recently read this line in Stuart E. Lucas’ recent book, Wealth : Grow It, Protect It, Spend It, and Share It. Since I have one kid in my [...]
Emigrant Direct’s Savings rate was increased this morning to 4.65% APY. As you might recall, I signed up for an Emigrant Direct account last fall. It was only paying 4.0% APY back then. It looks like Emigrant Direct is working hard to maintain its superior savings account rate. They also recently introduced CDs as well. [...]
