I have in front of me a report on the current financial situation written by a market strategist at one of the U.S. investment firms. The report is titled “Stay Calm in the Midst of Crisis.” The author makes some good points. The one that resonated the most with me is: “Investing is easy. Staying …
As many of you have already noticed, yesterday, ING Direct dropped its interest rates in response to the Fed’s drop of the interest rate. I’m glad I got that CD started before the rates dropped! Savings accounts dropped from 3.0% to 2.75% (oh how I miss the days of 5%+ interest), and CDs are also …
If you have an ING Direct account, you may have already noticed the link to We, The Savers, a Declaration of Financial Independence. It’s a ten point plan to help put you in control of your financial life. It’s designed to be printed and signed, and I think there are a lot of great points being …
On my way to work this morning, I got the news alert that the Fed had cut interest rates again. Within 10 minutes of turning on my computer, I had dumped another chunk of my savings into an ING Direct CD. I was planning to wait to make a more effective CD ladder, but when …
Those of you in the D.C. area (or anyone working in federal government or the military) may have noticed that the Combined Federal Campaign starts up today. The Combined Federal Campaign is simply a workplace charity campaign, where you can choose a charity (or a few charities), and have donations to that charity taken out of your …