Archive for April, 2008


Personal Finance Site Rankings: April 2008

Posted by Madison on April 23rd, 2008

April 2008 Personal Finance Site Rankings Included are blogs that meet the following criteria: Personal finance related material Minimum subscriber count of 200 Publicly displayed feed count and source Sites are ranked as of Feedburner subscriber count on April 23, 2008. The feed displays will monitor the current counts each day. The ranking will remain [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Car Scam Edition

Posted by Madison on April 23rd, 2008

We have gotten a few calls since we put my car up for sale. The most interesting was one that kept text messaging us asking questions that were already answered in the ad. The final question was if we would accept $8,000 more than the asking price and send them a check for the difference. [...]

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Retirement Planning Checklist: 43 Tasks to Get You Ready!

Posted by Madison on April 22nd, 2008

Happy retirement paperwork filing day, mom! My mom is turning in her paperwork today to retire later this summer. I made her a checklist of all the things she needs to do before the big day. I expanded the list here to include planning for those of you nearing retirement (or wishing you were!). Many [...]

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Diversification of Income

Posted by Madison on April 21st, 2008

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is a common phrase for investing, but it also applies to your income. Diversifying your income streams is a great way to position yourself against the unknowns: job loss, downturn in the market, business failure, etc. We made a goal to work on diversifying our income. Here’s [...]

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$20-$100 Signup Bonus Offers

Posted by Madison on April 18th, 2008

Looking for a signup bonus? Here are my favorite sign up bonus offers right now: Sign Up Bonus Offers Chase Sapphire $100 Sign Up Bonus: How to get the Chase bonus. Discover $50 Sign Up Bonus: How to get the Discover Sign Up Bonus. Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus: How to get the Lending [...]

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