Life of an Investor Archives: Invest:Personal Life
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11 March 2010
Bank of America Eliminating Debit Card Overdrafts
I previously blogged about a situation which I am not proud of in which I racked up some overdraft fees from Bank of America due to a lack of planning. Then a few months ago, I told you about the fact that BOA was limiting their fees to only $140 a day. Now I have [...]
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1 March 2010
What would be your last supper?
Take a look at this archive of last meals requested by prisoners on death row in Texas?
http://web.archive.org/web/20031202214318/www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm
Although they no longer publish this list, Archive.org has a copy from several years ago.
I’ll admit up front that this post has nothing to do with investing or finance, although I did see an interesting discussion regarding state’s rules [...]
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25 February 2010
How to get a slightly higher interest rate on your savings account
As you can see above, I am very close to reaching my goal for an emergency fund. Early last year, I began a bit of a modified version of the Dave Ramsey Plan and I am currently working on Baby Step 3: Three to Six months of expenses in an emergency fund.
Since I planned [...]
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22 February 2010
Credit Card Benefits Being Cut
In the past, I had heard that with the new credit card regulations being handed down from the government, benefits would start to disappear and potentially annual fees would start to come back. I rarely use a credit card now days and I never carry a balance, so many of the new regulations don’t affect [...]
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18 February 2010
Do you have job security? Is that why you stay?
Lately, I’ve been reading a book called No More Dreaded Mondays by Dan Miller, although the older version that I’m reading is just called No More Mondays. No, I’m not quitting my job, but I’ve always had an interest in running my own business of some sort. This book basically discusses whether or not you [...]