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Carnival of Personal Finance #71

Oct 23rd, 2006 @ 3:27 PM

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 […]

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Diaper Fund

Sep 17th, 2006 @ 9:15 PM

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 […]

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EmigrantDirect.com Account Upgrade

Aug 7th, 2006 @ 6:34 AM

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 […]

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Savings Account Rates Exceed 5 Percent

Jul 6th, 2006 @ 12:00 AM

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 […]

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Emigrant Direct Remains Competitive with 4.80 Percent Savings Rate

Jun 22nd, 2006 @ 11:27 PM

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 […]

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Money and Wealth Education for Children - Federal Reserve Comic Books

Jun 9th, 2006 @ 2:56 PM

“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 […]

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Emigrant Direct Paying 4.65 Percent APY Now

May 26th, 2006 @ 10:47 AM

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 […]

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Free Wall Street Journal Online

May 2nd, 2006 @ 7:43 PM

I noticed today that the Wall Street Journal is accessible to the public free of charge through May 10th. This promotion celebrates their 10th anniversary of being online.
Free access sounds like a fat pitch to me… Maybe it will even help me find some fat pitch opportunities this week.

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ING Direct Raises Savings Rate to 4.15

Apr 30th, 2006 @ 10:59 PM

I just noticed that ING Direct Raised their savings account to 4.15% APY. ING Direct was the first online savings account that I ever opened. I still have a small amount of money with them, since I like their CDs.
I noticed that I can pass on an ING Direct deal. The ING […]

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Financial Carnivals

Feb 27th, 2006 @ 11:27 PM

Here’s a quick list of this week’s financial carnivals:

Carnival of Investing at Retire at 30
Carnival of Personal Finance at Money Blog Network
Carnival of the Capitalists at GreatFX Business Cards
Carnival of Debt Reduction at MightyBargainHunter.com

If you enjoyed these financial carnivals, stay tuned for Fat Pitch News, a new feature coming soon to Fat Pitch Financials.

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