5 Essential Investment Tasks To Complete This Month
Investing works best if you set it and forget it. However, at least once a year every investor should set aside some time to review their investment activities from the previous year. February is a great time to do this investment review because if you wait too long you’ll find yourself in the thick of [...]
An Introduction to Mutual Fund Fees
A mutual fund represents money contributed by multiple investors. That money is managed by an individual, or more likely, a whole slew of individuals. Not surprisingly, those folks who help manage and oversee your money do not do it on a volunteer basis. They get paid. Do you want to guess who pays them? You [...]
Best Investment Brokerage For Mutual Fund Investing, 2010
As mentioned in my other articles, there is no definitive answer for who is the best discount broker. The best discount broker for you may not be the best for others — it really depends on your investment style and needs. My previous list of discount brokers focuses on brokerage firms for active traders who [...]
401k Rollover To IRA: What is it and how does it work?
When you are leaving a job where you have contributed to a 401k plan, you have three options: cash out your 401k, keep it in your current plan, or move it to another qualified retirement account. A qualified retirement account could be your new employer’s 401k plan, a Traditional IRA, or a Roth IRA. The [...]
NEWS: Get 20 Free Stock Trades When You Sign Up with Zecco Trading!
Zecco Trading is offering 20 free stock trades — a $90 value — to all new brokerage customers who sign up by Sunday, September 13th 2009. You must use promo code “bonus1” to qualify. These trades are in addition to the 10 free stock trades Zecco Trading customers can earn every month when they keep [...]
Which Discount Broker Is Best?
There are so many discount brokers, but which one is best? This is a common question among investors. But there is no right answer because it really depends on your investing style and other considerations. On this blog, you can find a list of best discount stock broker sorted by price. This is great if [...]
Best Online Bank For Savings And Checking?
Which online bank is best? This is not an easy question to answer since we all have different criteria when it comes to banking. A good place to start is how much interest the bank is paying you. However, there are many more factors to consider beyond interest rate.
7 Things To Consider Before You Open [...]
Kiplinger’s Best Credit Cards For The Way You Spend
Kiplinger recently listed their favorite credit cards, from the lowest interest rate credit card to those that give you various types of rewards toward your mortgage, college savings, investment, and trip.
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Here are their top 7 credit cards:
Bank of America Upromise World MasterCard – Deposits a 1% rebate in your Upromise account. [...]
Best Discount Brokers For Cheap Online Stock Trades, 2009
The following is a list of top discount brokers focused on cheap online stock trading for active traders. It is sorted from the lowest commission cost to the highest. Recommended brokers are selected based on users’ votes and reviews. In addition, special offers and features for these discount brokers are listed to help you decide. [...]
Secure Your On-line Financial Identity
Banks secure your money. They do this by offering insurance (FDIC or otherwise), and are liable for any stolen funds. Because of this, they have an intrinsic interest in protecting that money — making sure it doesn’t end up in the hands of some criminal looking for a free lunch. However, they don’t insure your [...]
| High Interest Savings Accounts | 1.51% |
| High Yield CDs (1-year) | 1.60% |
| High Yield Checking Accounts | 1.46% |
| Best Credit Card | TrueEarnings® |
| 0% APR Balance Transfer | 12 mo |
| Lowest Interest Rate | 9.75% |
| Best Cash Back Reward | 5% |