My net worth in January actually ended in a better place than I thought it would, based on some tentative calculations I did mid-month. My net worth dropped a total of 2%. This is mainly due to current market conditions, but I also spent more money this month than I would have liked. Much of …
Well, this is fairly anti-climactic, but at the end of January, my $1 a day account has reached a grand total of…. $31! I’ve done some re-thinking of this plan, and I think what I’m going to do is simply sock away $1 a day all year for a total of $366, and see what …
I finished my tax returns last night. I ended up using TurboTax, and it definitely made the process simple. I’ll probably use it again next year, even though I anticipate that next year, my return will be even easier, with only having to file one state return instead of two. I plan to efile, just …
I have always said that I wouldn’t chase rates when it came to high yield online savings accounts. I have an account with ING that I use for both my long-term savings and my day to day account, as well as bill-pay and I (luckily) opened a CD with them just before the rates dropped. …
I have text messaging on my phone, but I don’t have an unlimited plan. I pay 10 cents to send a text and 2 cents every time I receive one. I’ve done the math, and at this point, I just don’t send and receive enough text messages to make the unlimited plan worth it. For …