Life of an Investor Archives: Invest:Saving Money
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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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26 January 2010
Extended Warranty Secrets Revealed
Just over 5 years ago, we purchased a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe. we loved the fact that it came with a 5-year bumper-to-bumper warranty and a 10-year powertrain warranty. They also offered us oil changes for life, which was a nice perk. The last nail in the coffin was the 0% financing available at [...]
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30 December 2009
Get Amazon Prime for One Dollar (or free)
I just signed up for a 3-month trial of Amazon Prime for only $1.00. Normally, this would cost around $7.00 per month. The main feature is that when you order from Amazon, you can have your items shipped 2-day for free. Also, you can upgrade to overnight shipping for only $3.99. I had previously signed [...]
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7 December 2009
Dave Ramsey’s 24 Days of Giving
Him giving to you that is…
For those of you who don’t know, during the month of December, Dave Ramsey is giving away at least one great gift each day. For example, so far he has given away 150 Financial Peace University kits, 10 Kindles, 5 iPod Touches, $1,000, $2,000, and more. The stakes seem to be going [...]