Banking • Credit • Debt • Family or Marriage • Finances & Money • Home • Investing • Taxes
Over a year ago, I asked whether Webkinz were a waste of money or a learning opportunity for kids. I think I can now pose the question for adults as well. A couple months ago, when I had the yearning for a puppy, Stacie decided that a Webkinz … [Read more...] about Can Webkinz Teach Kids Personal Finance?
Banking • Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
My BFF Shawn and his wife are the proud parents of baby Ava as of yesterday evening. His wife was in labor for a grueling 18 hours (1am to almost 7pm) and eventually had to do a C-section. Both the mother and baby are healthy and doing well, and … [Read more...] about Co-author Shawn is a new daddy!
FiveCentNickel alerted me to the "Saver ID" that ING Direct is now offering its customers the opportunity to create a login ID rather than using their account number to log in. This is a sigh of relief after needing to find my account number in an … [Read more...] about Create an ING Login ID (No More Account Number!)
Hot on the heels of my warning about closed credit cards comes my own personal experience with a phantom savings account with Bank of America. Yesterday, I opened a letter from Bank of America that turned out to be a bank statement for the savings … [Read more...] about Beware the Almost Closed Bank Account!
Banking • Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
When my wife and I were still dating, we discussed money and marriage. Whew, that got heated. I was adamant that finances be kept separate, while she wanted shared accounts. Well, this was about 5 years ago, and I didn't really understand why she … [Read more...] about Joint vs. Separate Checking Accounts – Which to Choose?
