Author: mnc

More Stimulus For The Economy :: Tax Rebates 0

More Stimulus For The Economy :: Tax Rebates

After the emergency rate cut from the Federal Reserve just days ago, there is news of additional efforts to stimulate the economy with an announcement of a new deal that will give most tax...

Wasting No Time – ING Drops Rates 3

Wasting No Time – ING Drops Rates

After the Federal Reserve cut short-term rates by 0.75 points on Tuesday, ING DIRECT wasted little time in adjusting their rates to reflect the recent rate cut. The interest rate on the ING DIRECT...

10 Tips To Make Tax Season Easier 2

10 Tips To Make Tax Season Easier

As the year 2007 came to a close, I took a day to close my financial books and prepare for the upcoming year. This involved the process of archiving the paperwork from 2007 and...

Net Worth Update: 2007 Recap 0

Net Worth Update: 2007 Recap

When 2007 started, we had defined two financial goals for our family. The first goal was to reduce our non-mortgage debt by 100% and the second goal was to increase our net worth by...

Out Of Date Google Analytics Plugin Broke Site 0

Out Of Date Google Analytics Plugin Broke Site

While I was in Las Vegas on business, I received an email from a service that I use that indicated they were unable to reach this blog and it was simply returning a blank...

Open A Bank Account With $1 Million Bill 3

Open A Bank Account With $1 Million Bill

What is the largest denomination of money that you have ever seen? How about a $1 million dollar bill? I’m sure we would all love to have one or two of those, unfortunately there...

Budget Boot Camp :: Back To Basics 2

Budget Boot Camp :: Back To Basics

It is always nice to know that you have money in your pocket during times of crisis and emergencies. Occasional recreational activities and buying luxury items that you want to purchase can add spice...

Net Worth Update: October 2007 2

Net Worth Update: October 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...

The Right Approach to Using Credit Cards 0

The Right Approach to Using Credit Cards

You might have heard of stories about credit card debts gone real bad, maybe you have even lived that story. Many people would tell you that credit cards are just like cashless shopping. Unfortunately...