By Jim Sloan For those just out of college or starting fresh, a break in the form of traveling to another state or country is usually near the top of wish lists. Finding ways to fund traveling however, can be a significant barrier to actually realizing this. If you’re good with credit cards, though, a [...]
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Looking to travel? Capital One’s Venture Rewards card might be your ticket
March 11, 2011
Act quickly to take advantage of Discover’s zero percent balance transfer card
February 23, 2011
By Jim Sloan Zero balance transfer credit cards make sense if you have one or more high-interest credit cards that you’re having trouble whittling down. One of the best offers for balance transfer credit cards is coming from Discover – what makes this offer so special? Setting the industry standard Discover’s offers are so good, [...]
Chase Sapphire credit card — what’s not to like?
January 10, 2011
By Peter Andrew I’m not expecting any sympathy, but it’s not easy writing product reviews. That’s because it’s rarely possible to rank different features in a way that’s meaningful to everyone. Take televisions as an example. I badly need a new one, and recently started reading TV reviews. All I’ve discovered so far is that [...]
How to use rewards credit cards
December 2, 2010
By Jim Sloan I never really paid much attention to the rewards programs offered by different credit card companies. I was raised to use credit cards only for emergencies and not for everyday use, so my sole criteria for getting a card was that the interest rate be as low as possible. But then a [...]
5 Features to look for in the best online banks
November 11, 2010
By Kelly Richardson The tech revolution encourages us to perform many of life’s tasks on the Internet–and banking is no exception. So rather than fight upstream, I decided a few years ago to try online banking. I was with one of the major players in the industry, so naturally I went with the Internet banking [...]
Credit unions – better than you might think
October 26, 2010
By Gina Pogol As a business writer and editor, I spend a large part of my day keeping up with economic news (these days that usually involves watching helplessly as financial poop hits the proverbial fan) and working up a lot of indignation over the country’s economic state. So it’s been a very long time [...]
OptionsHouse Review: Discount Broker For Stock and Options Trades
December 11, 2009
Special Promo Offer: 100 Free Trades For New OptionsHouse Accounts Whether you’re a buy and hold investor or a savvy trader of penny stocks, I’m pretty sure commissions and fees are a few of those brokerage conditions that you pay particular attention to. If you aren’t too concerned with them, then perhaps you ought to [...]
Best Online Bank: Savings and Checking Accounts
November 7, 2009
Reviews Of The Top Online Banking Options For High Interest Rates
If you’re searching for a list of the best online banks to deposit your savings in, then you’ve arrived at the right place. One of the most common, if not the most often asked question I get as a personal finance blogger, is which bank [...]
Get Paid To Take Free Online Paid Surveys
October 26, 2009
Reviews of the Best Paid Online Surveys: Avoid Internet Survey Scams
If you are searching for a genuinely legitimate paid online survey, you’re at the right place. The following is a recommended list of popular online marketing firms that are offering free paid surveys and is a nice resource for people looking to make some money [...]
ETrade Online Broker: Discount Brokerage Account Review
October 15, 2009
Update: Get 100 Free Trades With This E-Trade Promo Offer I Just Found
Back when I first started getting serious about investing during college, E-Trade was one of the very first online brokerage firms that I opened a trading account with. My inaugural entry into the world of investing occurred around the time of the dot [...]
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