Dave Ramsey Love and Money
Filed under: Credit, Dave Ramsey, Education, Finance, Saving, Spending
This is a great episode. I hope you enjoy it.
Start Late, Finish Rich
Filed under: Books, Education, Finance, Money, Saving, Spending
Tis the season for resolutions.
A lot of people will make the resolution to read more and learn to take control of their finances.
Here is a good book that I recently finished and it fits 2 of my requirements for a good book. It was easy to read and contained some really good information.
Limited Time $40 to Invest at Lending Club
Filed under: Bonus Money, Free Money, Lending Club, Saving
For a limited time, Lending Club will give you $4o to invest in Lending Club. I’m currently getting 16.22% on my investment so it’s worth checking out.
Get $40 Free from Lending Club
Wal-Mart and creative math
According to an article that MSN had The Price Of Wal-Mart Coming To Town, Wal-Mart has an interesting way of doing math. They promise an increase of taxes and jobs but none of the supporters that I’ve read subtract the local jobs that have been lost. It’s like they are using a broken calculator. It was probably made in China.
Open up a bank account with USAA and get $100
Found this offer at Slick Deals. It’s a great deal if you qualify but it expires on May 31. They reimburse ATM fees, have better interest than a lot of banks and free rewards plus more.
Open up a bank account with USAA and get $100
USAA emerged from a tumultuous 2008 strong and growing — well positioned to meet whatever challenges lie ahead. Our 2008 Report to Members details our exceptional results:
USAA remains profitable and returned more than $857 million to our members, a portion of which were bank rebates and rewards.1
We have taken no bailout money.
Read more
$100 Cash Bonus From Chase or Wamu
Pretty simple offer.
The Chase bonus ends 6/23/09
The Wamu offer ends 6/16/09
To qualify for the reward, you must open a new checking account with a $100 minimum opening deposit of new money (money not currently held by this bank). Also, within 60 calendar days of account opening, you must initiate a monthly direct deposit such as payroll, pension or Social Security, or have at least five debit card purchases (using your PIN or signature) posted to your account. The reward will be deposited into your new account within 2 weeks after the initial direct deposit or the five debit card purchases have posted to your account.
Update on Cigarettes
Recently I posted that I had found an unbelievable site for cigarettes titled Saving Money On Cigarettes and realized I didn’t give an update on the order.
If you read it, you probably had the same thoughts that I did.
Google & Ask Search Results With A Little Extra
I just ran across Swag Bucks which is a search engine that you can win prizes by searching. When I found the site, I thought this is all well and good IF the results are decent. Needless to say I was happy when I noticed the results come from Google and Ask. So I get the same search results as usual but I get to win gift cards and other prizes by doing what I usually do.
It’s pretty much a no brainer.
Saving Money On Cigarettes
Yes I admit it, I smoke and with the price of cigarettes going up I started looking for a cheaper place to buy quality smokes. Today I found K2 Smokes.
As of today these are some of the carton prices that impressed me.
Dunhill Full Flavor $8.99
Dunhill Menthol Lights $8.99
Marlboro Lights (US Version) $21.99 or 19.99 With Auto Ship
Capri Light Superslim (US Version) $6.99
The only catch is you have to order 2 or more cartons at a time but the shipping is the same price for 2 or 3 cartons which is $9.90. And it takes a little planning to allow for the delivery which may take about 3 weeks.
I think I can live with planning ahead to smoke Dunhills.
Discount Magazines at Amazon
During the month of March you can get a 2 year subscription to some great magazines and receive a $5 or $10 gift card for a future purchase at Amazon.
There’s 56 magazines that have a $10 bonus and 105 magazines with a $5 bonus.
Magazines with $10 Gift Cards
Some of the listed include
- GQ
- Smart Money
- Maximum PC
- Self
- Forbes
- Golf
- Sports Illustrated
- And a lot more.
NAKED RETIREMENT
Naked Retirement strips down the old traditional models of retirement planning and replaces the it with a more creative and intuitive one that helps people take control of their retirement planning, saving, and investing.
The book details the evolution of retirement and uses it to help baby boomers and retirees understand why they are behind in saving and what they can do about it.
"Retirement planning can no longer be one-dimensional, focused exclusively on merely providing information such as how pensions or a 401(k)’s work. It needs to extend beyond financial planning to include aspects of health and social issues that will impact future retirees," according to author, Robert Laura.
Billed as the ultimate defense against the scary, anxious, and stressful feelings people get on their first day of retirement when they have only a financial plan full of numbers and charts to guide them, Laura simplifies the mental and emotional aspects of retirement planning with thought-provoking questions about your definition and approach to retirement as well as important retirement conversations that foster strong relationships in retirement.
The book culminates into a one-page Naked Retirement plan that will help people as well as planners successfully estimate retirement preparedness and future success.
Book is available at NakedRetirement.com and is emailed in pdf format directly to participants.