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So now that March is here, I wanted to give an update on my new “portfolio”, which is really more of a savings vehicle than a portfolio when you think about it. By using my debit card instead of my airline rewards card, I “saved” $9.32 in February via Keep the Change transfers in [...]

This may not be of value to very many, but for those few it may be VERY valuable. For those with a “traditional” IRA or a “rollover” IRA, you may be one of the people that its VERY valuable for.

I realized a few years ago that the best way to get out of credit card debt was to stop using credit cards. So I put them all away, and started using my debit card for everything. This actually had another advantage beyond just keeping my debt down.

I recently signed up at the web site Lending Club after considering doing so for a while. A friend of mine had signed up for it and it looked intriguing.

It took a long time, but over the past few years, more like almost a decade, I have been working to get out of credit card debt and never return.  The day has finally come.  No balances.  The only debt I have now is my mortgage and my car.  So my next goal is to [...]

I’ve been a big fan of Mint.com ever since I first heard of it. They’ve been in the news lately since they’ve announced that they are being purchased by Intuit for $170 million dollars. While many people have congratulated them on creating a great product and now reap the financial benefits of it. [...]