Author: mnc

How To Save Money At The Pump 1

How To Save Money At The Pump

As the gas prices continue to rise around the country, you are likely looking for ways to reduce your fuel costs and Cynthia Brodrick has delivered with an article on 15 ways to save...

Searching For A New Bank 0

Searching For A New Bank

When I wrote about the need to watch out for little fees with your bank, I noted that my bank had incorrectly charged me a non-network ATM fee but that it was reversed. Another...

Net Worth Update: April 2007 2

Net Worth Update: April 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts...

Thank You To Sponsors And Advertisers 0

Thank You To Sponsors And Advertisers

As the month of April comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to give recognition and thanks to the sponsors and advertisers here at My New Choice. Your assistance helps keep...

Alternative For Your eFund 3

Alternative For Your eFund

Earlier in the year, I finally took the plunge and moved my emergency fund from ING over to a new account at HSBCdirect. The motivating factor for that switch was the 6.00% APY promotion...

The Good And Bad Of Shared Equity Financing 1

The Good And Bad Of Shared Equity Financing

How many people do you know that have taken advantage of financial products such as interest-only mortgages, piggyback loans or option adjustable-rate mortgages in order to *afford* a more expensive home? Many of these...

How To Improve Your FICO Score 3

How To Improve Your FICO Score

One of the first posts that I made here at My New Choice was about the importance of payment history on your credit score. As a great follow-up to that post, you might enjoy...

Short Term CD vs. Online Savings Account 0

Short Term CD vs. Online Savings Account

In the discussion on my post about the PayPal money market fund, Pakdamek posted a question about short-term CD options and asked for assistance. My recommendation was to review the current high yield rates...

101 Ways To Save One Dollar Per Week 7

101 Ways To Save One Dollar Per Week

I’m the type of person that is always looking for different ways to save money, which is why I had to share with you the 101 Ways to Save One Dollar a Week article...