a hackers guide to managing your money
One of the first online bank accounts I ever opened was ING Direct. ING Direct was the online bank of ING Group, founded a Dutch multinational corporation founded in 1991 (through mergers), and their high interest rates were the talk of the financial world. Back then, the only bank that offered high-interest rates were credit […]
Every few weeks, someone emails me asking for the best short-term investment. They’re usually saving up for their first home and they want that money to work for them, not just sit around. They don’t want to throw it in some bitcoin or anything crazy like that, they just want some kind of return on […]
I love Southwest Airlines. We live about 20 minutes away from Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI), one of Southwest’s “hubs,” and the vast majority of our flights are on Southwest Airlines. When it comes to an airline’s rewards credit cards, I’d argue that there are few cards are generous as the Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit […]
When I started investing, I eased into it very gently. I didn’t trust the stock market. I was comfortable with saving the money. I wasn’t comfortable putting it in the “stock market.” My formative adult years started in 1998, the year I started college. I was going to Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and studying Computer […]
I use Personal Capital on a monthly basis to collect my net worth information. I’ve been at it for over a decade. When I tell people I use a tool to do it, they all ask me the same question – is Personal Capital safe? Security is one of the biggest concerns people have with […]
Do you like free food? And it’s nowhere near your birthday? If you have a smartphone and are willing to download some apps, you can still score some free food. Fast food is a guilty pleasure for many of us, especially when life is crazy, and you need food fast or when you need a […]
American Express (AMEX) is best known for their credit cards but they do much much more. Credit cards is where they started, many years ago, but now they offer bank accounts too. We know they have great perks on their credit cards, but what about their bank products? Their high yield savings account is called […]
I love Vanguard. The bulk of my investments are there, minus a few dividend growth stocks I hold in an Ally Invest account (formerly TradeKing). I’m not the only one. Of the top 25 largest mutual funds by assets, sixteen are from Vanguard (source). A clarification – many of the funds on the Marketwatch list […]
When I started my business years ago, I thought the responsible business-y thing to do was to get a Post Office box. Why? I honestly don’t know. Like business cards, it’s just one of those things (at least I use the PO Box!). Since then, I’ve found that a Post Office Box is a great […]
The flu is bad news. Like really bad news. And the 2018 flu season is going down as one of the worst in recent memory. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention keeps an influenza map of the United States and for the first time, the entire contiguous United States is the same color – […]