Arbitrage

I received an email from Zecco over the weekend stating that they are changing their free online stock trading policy effective March 1, 2009. In case you don’t know who Zecco is, it’s an online discount broker that’s famous for offering its customers cheap online stock trading (at $4.50 per trade), and free trades if [...]

The financial terms below are commonly used throughout this web site.  Clicking on a term will send you to the term page with a brief definition and a list of articles related to the term.

#
A
B

401(k)
529 Plan

Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Alternative Income
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
Annuity
Arbitrage
Asset Allocation
Asset Location

Bond
Bond Fund
Budgeting

C
D
E

Capital Gains
Certificate of Deposit (CD)
Commodities
Contribution Limit
Correlation
Credit Report
Credit [...]

Following the success of previous Frugal of Cheap Test, I am going to throw another one out there for your enjoyment. I hope that you’ll like this Financial IQ Test as much as the last one and find it somewhat educational as well. Please note that I’ve included a link or two for some questions. [...]

Welcome to the “Money Saving Hacks” edition of Money Hacks Carnival. We have over 60 submissions this week, so this is a fairly long carnival. Let’s start off with the editor’s picks, and don’t forget to check out money saving tips.

Photo by bitzcelt via flickr
Editor’s Picks

Smart Moves To Lower Your Health Care Costs posted at [...]

This article is not meant to convince you to try credit card arbitrage. Rather, it’s meant to explain what credit card arbitrage is and start a discussion about it. Ultimately, I would like to hear your thought on credit card arbitrage as a money making strategy.

Photo by Classyshot via Flickr
First, we start off with a [...]

I knew that applying for too many credit cards could adversely effect on my credit score. However, the concept wasn’t picture perfect until I read Rocket Finance’s story where he said, “we traded our credit score of 748 at it’s highest point in exchange for favor from credit card companies.”
How Did I Sell My Credit [...]

When I wrote Building, Diversifying, and Shifting Your Income Streams, there was an important element that I left out. That element was some practical real life ideas about how you can start building alternative income streams today. It is worth noting that not all of these are passive income ideas, so you will actually have [...]

Last Friday, my friend at Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life started a writing project that asked us to share our best PF practices of the year. I thought it was an excellent way to wrap up the year, so I will add my two cents here. I wanted to refer to my old [...]

Welcome to the Investors Blog Network (IBN) Festival #18. This carnival is a bi-weekly collection of commentary on personal finance, investing, and other business related topics. Articles are collected from member blogs of the Investors Blog Network (IBN).

Photo by Ken Kiser via morgueFile
Editor’s Top 5 Picks

A Great Way to Change Your Portfolio @ Free Money [...]