Posted by Madison on January 23rd, 2009
UPDATE: The $50 bonus has been reduced to a $25 bonus with the new code below. Perfect timing! Just after I wrote the ShareBuilder Review yesterday, I saw an offer for Free Money to open a new account. ShareBuilder is offering a $25 $50 sign up bonus for first time account holders! How to Get [...]
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Posted by Madison on January 22nd, 2009
My search for a new brokerage account is on… first stop ShareBuilder. My ShareBuilder Review I had an old account at ShareBuilder that I haven’t used in 6 years, so I had to open a new one. Although, they wanted me to remember my user name and password from back then… and the name of [...]
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Posted by Madison on January 21st, 2009
As if this isn’t a sign of the changing times… as President Obama was sworn in yesterday, the White House Blog was launched! It will be an interesting time in personal finance to see how his plans for the economy unfold. I watched the inauguration and part of the parade with my three-year-old. I explained [...]
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Posted by Madison on January 20th, 2009
Even though I didn’t get my donations dropped off in December, I actually did have plans to drop off some stock certificates at my local broker. I planned to sell them in time to take the tax loss. Unfortunately, I hit a road block. I got married. Five years ago. Changing Your Name on Financial [...]
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Posted by Madison on January 19th, 2009
As part of my effort to organize myself for the New Year, I’ve found that I’m starting to become a pack rat with papers. While I was busy purging paper and backing up the electronic data, I realized that when we don’t know how long to keep something, we end up keeping it forever… or [...]
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