Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
I grew up in on Long Island in New York and went to school in Pittsburgh for several years and would end up settling in Maryland. I’ve only ever lived in the Mid-Atlantic region, if Long Island counts, and for my adult life, PNC Bank has always had a location nearby. When I went off […]
Are you thinking about opening an account at Citizens Bank and wondering if there are any good promotions going on? You are in luck – Citizens Bank is currently running a promotion that can put hundreds of dollars into your pocket if you open a pair of checking and savings account, get a direct deposit […]
When I think of the name Goldman Sachs, I think of the famed investment bank. I bet you do too. During the Great Recession, you heard the name “Goldman Sachs” a lot. That’s always going to happen whenever there is financial news because they’re one of the biggest investment banks. They have their hands in […]
From time to time, I like reading quotes. There’s something magical about collecting a powerful idea in a handful of words. In a way, it’s like any other art form. Something simple, like a few notes or a few strokes of a brush, that can elicit emotion from someone experiencing it. At its core, quotes […]
In mid-2019, two banks, BB&T and SunTrust, formally merged to become Truist Bank. For now, the two banks are still operating under their old names as they work through the mechanics of merging two banks. As you can imagine, it’s not a fast process! If you want information on how this will work, you can […]
Have you ever wanted to look at all of your investment portfolios in one place and see if you’re making the right decisions? If you have all of your holdings in one brokerage, it’s not too difficult. If you have several, as many people do, it can be a little more complicated. And it’s not […]
For some people, paying an annual fee for a credit card is an assault on their sensibilities. For others, it’s simply pre-paying for benefits you know you want. If you’re in the second camp, and I suspect you are since you’re reading an article comparing two of the most expensive travel credit cards designed for […]
Investing is a lot like religion. They both rely on faith, they both have rituals, and to the outside observer, there are aspects of it that don’t seem to follow intuition or expectation. With investing, you also mix in a bit of gambling that many people seem to enjoy on their own. Like a modern-day […]
There’s something sexy about owning gold. In times of turbulence, gold seems to be valued as a store of value. It’s never bad to get a little stability as fiat currencies rise and fall in value relative to one another. We recently spent some time in England over the summer and enjoyed how far the […]
When we bought our first house, it took quite some time to find the right house. We purchased our first home in 2005 and documented the entire process on my previous blog, Bargaineering, and it was a stressful and scary experience. We looked at square footage, we looked at bedrooms and bathrooms, we looked at […]