Articles by Madison


Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009

Posted by Madison on May 20, 2009

The Senate passed the new Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 yesterday. After the new credit card bill is worked out with the house, and the President signs it, the changes take effect in one year. Credit Card Bill of Rights Here is a summary of the changes included in the new credit […]

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I logged into my Lending Club account this week to see how my loans are doing. So far my net annualized return on investment is 8.44%! My Lending Club Account My loans are all current, which is much better than the loan I had at Prosper, which was charged-off last week because the person filed […]

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Small Business ARC Loan Arbitrage

Posted by Madison on May 19, 2009

The Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included some terrific financing opportunities for small businesses. The SBA ARC Loan Program offers 0% loans to small businesses for up to five years. The program caught my eye, because it looks like a fantastic arbitrage opportunity! ARC Loan Program The loan program offers loans to small businesses […]

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Write for My Dollar Plan

Posted by Madison on May 18, 2009

I accept quality, original guest posts for publication. If you are interested in submitting an article here’s how: How to Submit an Article Send your submissions to articles@mydollarplan.com for consideration. Text format is preferred, but I’ll also accept submission in email or word documents. Feel free to include any relevant information about yourself that you […]

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Sovereign Bank $100 Sign Up Bonus

Posted by Madison on May 15, 2009

Open a new checking account this spring, and Sovereign Bank will give you $100. The Sovereign deal is the featured Free Money Friday offer this week! How to Get Your Sign Up Bonus Open a new Sovereign Bank checking account by May 22, 2009 with a minimum deposit of $10. Request a Sovereign CheckCard. Make […]

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Do it Yourself or Hire a Landscape Architect?

Posted by Madison on May 14, 2009

Now that we’ve decided to stay in our house long term we decided it was finally time to do something about our patio. When we built our house, I think it was the only thing that didn’t quite turn out the way we envisioned. The current patio is just too small. We’re planning to expand […]

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11 Ways to Save Money This Month

Posted by Madison on May 11, 2009

I decided at the beginning of May, that I wanted to look for ways to save money each day this month. Finding ways to save money is a fun game when you set your mind on it! We often say to ourselves that we want to save money, but implementing is often the hard part. […]

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ING Referral Link Giveaway

Posted by Madison on May 8, 2009

Many of you have taken advantage of the ING $25 Sign Up Bonus and the great referral program that ING offers. For every friend you refer, you get $10. I promised readers that as soon as I ran out of my own links, I’d post them from readers. To celebrate Free Money Friday this week, […]

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I do my best to make sure that we are getting the lowest possible expense ratios on our index funds, maintaining a 0.148% overall expense ratio. So I was pleased to see that another broker is cutting expense ratios in Schwab Brokerage Lowers Expense Ratios, Beats Vanguard. I currently use a combination of Vanguard, Fidelity […]

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Making Home Affordable Q & A

Posted by Madison on May 6, 2009

People have more questions than answers about the new Making Home Affordable program. A reader, Laura, recently sent me an email looking for help since all she could find was general information. Unfortunately, I’ve found that many of the details aren’t on the general MakingHomesAffordable.gov site. Instead they are buried in supplemental directives written for […]

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