Author: mnc

Carnival Crazy 0

Carnival Crazy

After missing out on a few of the Blog Carnivals recently, I decided to submit my recent post on being honest with yourself in order to take an important step in the process of...

HSBC First Impressions 1

HSBC First Impressions

It has been a few days since I posted about my HSBCdirect account update and I am now happy to report that I have received my temporary username and password. First Impressions. After taking...

Be Honest With Yourself 14

Be Honest With Yourself

When I graduated from college, I left campus with a diploma and four figures worth of credit card debt. Shortly after graduation, I landed my first job out of school and took it upon...

Net Worth Update For January 3

Net Worth Update For January

As I mentioned at the beginning of the year, I was going to challenge myself to increase my financial goals for 2007. As January comes to a close, I am updating my net worth...

Why You Shouldn’t Use A Cash Advance 3

Why You Shouldn’t Use A Cash Advance

Credit card companies are really good at marketing and enticing people to use their various product offers, including convenience checks and cash advances. However, as many of you already know, using a cash advance...

HSBCDirect Account Update 1

HSBCDirect Account Update

Last night I started the process of opening an HSBCDirect Online Savings Account and things are progressing nicely. Trial Deposits. After completing the application last night, I had to wait for HSBCDirect to make...

HSBCDirect 6.00% APY New Money Offer 3

HSBCDirect 6.00% APY New Money Offer

As I previously discussed, I have had my emergency fund and savings at ING Direct even though I knew that I was losing money by not switching to HSBCDirect or EmigrantDirect. 6.00% APY Well,...

Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator 0

Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator

In case you have run out of investment ideas, you might want to read the article at Yahoo! Personal Finance on what the Super Bowl can teach you about investing. Gains For Dow. According...

Penalized For Not Carrying Debt? 0

Penalized For Not Carrying Debt?

Over at CNNMoney.com there is an article discussing a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing that is examinging credit card practices. According to the article, one consumer advocate is proposing an idea that those who...

50-Year Mortgage 0

50-Year Mortgage

Can you imagine paying your mortgage for 50 years? That is not something that I would ever consider, but there is an article over at BankRate.com discussing the availability of a 50-year mortgage. Apparently...