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When it comes to high yield savings accounts, interest isn’t everything. On a $10,000 balance, the monthly difference in earnings between a 3.25% APY and 3.30% is $0.50. A more important question is: With this [...]

July 10th, 2008. . Read More »

If you’re just starting to stash away a few hundred dollars for a rainy day, you probably don’t give your savings account’s interest rate much thought. But if you need to save $1,000 or more [...]

July 2nd, 2008. . Read More »

A down payment between 10 and 20% on your first home or condo is more important today than ever before. Following the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, lenders are more cautious with mortgage applications and borrowers have [...]

June 30th, 2008. . Read More »

Banks love to advertise CDs (certificates of deposit). But when you’re in your twenties and early thirties, CDs don’t make a lot of sense.

May 27th, 2008. . Read More »

If you’re a bank teller, we apologize. We think everybody should ditch their branch bank for E*Trade. Here’s why.

May 27th, 2008. . Read More »

Have you ever diligently set aside money in a savings account for a few months only to take it out when an unexpected expense came up? I’ve done it more than I care to admit. [...]

March 27th, 2008. . Read More »

After criticism from customers and personal finance bloggers, social saving startup SmartyPig has dropped the $5 fee for users to contribute to other users’ savings goals.

March 26th, 2008. . Read More »

Astute readers may notice that I often plug my high yield savings accounts review. (See?)
Yes, I earn affiliate commissions from that page, but even if not, I would still plug it. I love helping readers [...]

March 13th, 2008. . Read More »

Are you broke? Have you been broke in the last year? If so, here’s a simple tip anybody can do to start building financial security. Do this and, at the very least, you won’t be [...]

March 10th, 2008. . Read More »

Americans are not saving money. Our national personal savings rate has been less than 1% since 2005, when our savings rate was actually negative; its lowest point since the Great Depression. If we are not [...]

February 26th, 2008. . Read More »