Archive for April, 2009


Think filing an extension is only if you haven’t finished your taxes? Think again! An extension is actually a powerful tool to lower your tax bill, or place a hedge against your taxable income next year.
Tax Extension
Taxes are due on April 15, but an extension will get you an extra six months to file. [...]

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It’s Free Money Friday! Since we’re busy traveling out of town for the holiday weekend, a free GPS offer seemed like a no brainer!
How to Get Your GPS

Open a new qualifying KeyBank account by April 24, 2009.
Make one debit card transaction and a combination of two direct deposits and/or automated payments each of $100 or [...]

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For those of you who check My Dollar Plan daily, you may have noticed a shake up in the schedule this week! It’s spring break, so I’m busy taking the kids on day trips, but I also thought it would be a good time to test a new schedule.
Starting this week, I switched to [...]

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It seems that everywhere I go these days – the supermarket, the post office, even McDonald’s – there is a redbox vending machine.
Although I already have a subscription to Netflix, every now and then I find myself stuck in limbo, waiting for my next movie to be sent but not wanting to spend $5 [...]

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Zecco was on my short list in my search for a new brokerage, since they have dirt cheap, and sometimes free, trades.
I finally got around to checking them out last week after I heard about their April Fools’ Day joke. Apparently, when customers logged in last Wednesday, they were greeted with million dollar account [...]

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