My babies got cash for Christmas – what to do?

We are parents of 7 week old twins. Although they aren’t old enough to even think about shopping, they had family members who gave them money for Christmas. Since they can’t spend it for themselves, it leaves us as parents with the dilemma of what to do with the money. Since they aren’t old enough [...]

$25 bonus for opening an ING Direct account

For the dozen beings on this planet that don’t already have one, you can get a $25 bonus when opening an ING Direct account with $250 or more. To get the bonus, you must be a first time account holder and use a valid reference code.

ING Direct was one of the first in the [...]

Weird stuff from FNBO Direct

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I had to go out Jersey for the beginning of the week, and then fell ill Wednesday evening, so I haven’t had a lot of time this week.

Anyway, this morning I had a weird email from FNBO Direct. As many of you know, FNBO Direct is [...]

Move over HSBC – Here comes FNBO Direct at 6.0% APY!

Happy day! Just when I thought the days of 6.0% APY were over, here comes FNBO Direct with their own 6.0% APY promo rate, valid until 9/28/2007. The account has no minimums and no fees, and the application process was relatively painless. The application took about 10 minutes to complete and the only issues were [...]

Life after HSBC 6.0% APY – Where to next?

I am a complete interest rate whore when it comes to my savings. Over the past couple of years I have moved my excess funds from ING to Emigrant Direct back to ING to Presidential Bank to Emigrant Direct back to ING to ELoan to Presidential again and then back to HSBC. The only reason [...]

Online Personal Finance Tutorials from the LDS (Mormon) Church

It isn’t my intention to make my religion part of my personal finance blog, but I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more popularly known as the Mormon Church. One of the topics that has been mentioned on several occasions by the leaders of our church is prudent resource [...]