I last refinanced my mortgage in July 2010. Back then I was trying to reduce my rate from 5% AND get out of escrow. I was extremely successful and garnered a nice 4.375% 30 year fixed mortgage. I thought I was done, but rates continued to fall. I started playing with a mortgage calculator and …
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The New York Times Buck's Blog is reporting that some big banks are starting to offer payday-like loans. After reading the article, I was scrolling the comments and saw that Cindy from Baltimore wrote: There is no support for this. Our society has declared war on the poor at every front and it diminishes …
A note from Slug: This is another guest post from Noreen who last week wowed Sunk Costs Are Irrelevant readers with her discussion of the impact of federal regulation D on online bank transfers. This week she's written a nice review of Upromise. It's hard to contextualize exactly what Upromise is. Upromise is a rewards …
Month 1 of 2012 is done, and I rather think it's been a good one. The weather has been nice, I still have a job, and we've had no major illnesses or breakages of major household items or autos. The DW has had a relatively successful business month and finally got paid for all …
Back in August 2011, I went on a buying spree of sorts when the market was tanking. I had a lot of cash burning a hole in my pocket, and I went $PENDING! I also promised to re-visit that post in 6 months time. Well, here we are 6 months later. During those 6 …
A note from Slug: I'm not a big fan of guest posts. I regularly turn them down because they are almost always more work than their worth. This is not the case with the current guest post. I had been planning on writing a post on the insanity of Regulation D for 8 months. She …
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So, back in December I was invited to take part in the MoneyPros Index Fund Challenge hosted by the fun folks over at MoneyPros. The game was simple. Just choose 3 stocks that you think are going to do the best in 2012. I am by no means a stock expert, but I do trade stocks …
I read a lot about personal finance. Much of this is at the message boards over at Bogleheads or SavingAdvice. One debate I’m tired of seeing is the one about AutoPay so I’m here to take a stand. You should AutoPay in full anything that allows it. There, I said it. I feel better. But, …
