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• The Path to Mediocrity: Doing What Works For You and Other Self-Limiting Philosophies
• Twitter Poll: Do You Work in the Same Field as Your Degree?
• Why I Will (Probably) Never Buy a Condominium
• Your Emergency Fund: What Qualifies as an Emergency?
• Donating Old Clothing and Blog Roundup
• Is Finding $6,000 in Saved Expenses Better Than a Raise?
• Can You Eliminate $500 of Your Expenses Each Month?
• Home Improvement Cost vs. Value (2007)
• Inspect Your Home Inspector
• Twitter Poll: How Much Do You Have in Your Emergency Fund?
• This Tee-Shirt Was Brought to You By Pepsi (And This Mustache by Just For Men)
• The Right Size for Your Emergency Fund
• Several Interesting Articles From Around the Web
• The Envelope at Work: Do You Give (In)?
• Investing Strategy: Set it and Forget It (Except Once Annually for Rebalancing)
• Bottled Water? What Was I Thinking?
• Confirmed: TIAA-CREF Laying Off 10% of Workforce
• Tuesday Roundup: $1.8 Million, Gas Prices, and SIPC
• JetBlue Now Charges for Pillows and Blankets on Flights
• No More Credit Card Debt: Now What?
• Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• Marketplace’s Budget Hero
• Would You Ask For More Company Stock In Lieu of a Raise?
• Personal Income Statement, July 2008 (Net Income: $7,731)
• Personal Balance Sheet, July 2008 ($162,148, +4.5%)
• Apologies to Internet Explorer Users: SiteMeter Broke Consumerism Commentary
• iPhone Finance (Mostly) Apps, Vol. 1
• Checking In With the Highest Savings Account Interest Rates
• My Experiences Selling Online
• Washington Mutual Increases Interest Rate to 3.75% APY
• Advice From Dean Kamen: Work in Something You Love
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (July 2008)
• The Real Estate Roller Coaster
• Can You Be an Entrepreneur in Your Spare Time?
• FAIL: 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank
• Thrasher Funds on Today Show and Weekly Blog Roundup
• Get Out of FreeCreditReport.com’s “Triple Advantage”
• HSBC Direct Extends 3.5% Rate Offer and More ING Direct Referrals Available
• Advice From Robert Shiller: Don’t Be a Sheep
• Stay Cool This Summer: Air Conditioner Alternatives
• Advice From Bill Miller: Increase Your Money Without Working
• What is Protected By the FDIC
• Your Money in the Bank is Safe
• Have You Cut Your Expenses Due to Gas Prices?
• Baseball Cards Aren’t Fun Anymore
• GnuCash: Free Software for Balancing Your Checkbook (and More)
• Is it Finally Time for Market Optimism?
• 5 Years of Consumerism Commentary: What Would You Like to See Here?
• Net Worth Competition: Don’t Compare Yourself With Others
• 2007 New Jersey Homestead Rebate: Receive Up to $2,000
• Earn the Most in New Canaan, Connecticut
• More ING Direct $25 Bonus Referrals
• What is the Value of a Human Life?
• Weekend Reading: Blog Roundup
• The Four-Day Work Week: Is it a Good Idea?
• Question From Reader: When Do You Record an Expense?
• Just Like Apple’s MobileMe, But Free
• More ING Direct Referral Links Needed: Join the Waiting List
• TIAA-CREF Computer System: Still the Default Excuse
• Reusable Bags at the Grocery Store
• Credit Card Policies Unfair? Tell the Fed.
• Check Out the Latest Carnival of Personal Finance
• The Correct Way to Pay Off Personal Debt: The Debt Avalanche
• Weekend Blog Roundup: Surprise Visit From California
• Your Opinion: Do Women Find Wealthy Men Attractive?
• Get Cash Rebates for Buying Gas With Credit Cards
• Personal Income Statement, June 2008 (Net Income: $4,364)
• Personal Balance Sheet, June 2008 ($155,596, -1.5%)
• Heads Up: E*TRADE Bank Increasing Savings Account Interest Rate Tomorrow
• The Problems Investors Should Have With the Wisdom of Crowds
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (June 2008)
• RepairPal Helps You Make Car Service Decisions
• Is Now a Good Time to Buy Bank Stocks?
• Get Through a Bear Market: Don’t Cut Your Losses
• Again, More $25 ING Direct Bonus Links
• SteamVac Results: Very Good and Weekend Blog Roundup
• 7 Ways to Lose Your Money
• All New ING Direct $25 Bonus Codes Available
• 25,000 Bonus Miles on Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage® World MasterCard
• List of New Jersey Gas Stations in Violation, Part 3
• List of New Jersey Gas Stations in Violation, Part 2
• Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps
• New York Philharmonic’s Free Concerts in the Parks
• Deduct Your Miles at 58.5 Cents Each
• Rich People Spend Their Time Stressed
• Get Ready to Consolidate Your Student Loans
• Are You Expecting an Inheritance?
• Purchased a Hoover SteamVac to Deep Clean My Carpets
• Managing Your Money Vs. Micromanaging Your Money
• Weekend Blog Roundup: Emergency Charity Fund, MLM, and AMT
• Waste of Money: Excessive Oil Changes (Every 3,000 Miles?)
• The Benefits of Target Retirement Funds
• Fidelity and Vanguard Creating Investments to Compete With Annuities
• New ING Direct Bonus Referral Codes
• Target Retirement Funds (Also Known As Lifecycle Funds)
• McCain Proposes Summer Gas Tax Holiday (Again)
• One Hundred Pushup Challenge and Midweek Blog Roundup
• Guide to Starting Your First Job
• Obama Proposes Second Economic Stimulus Package
• Don’t Forget to Have Fun
• Carnival of Personal Finance #157: Third Anniversary Edition
• Financial Tips for College Graduates
• What’s Your Neighborhood’s Walk Score?
• Quicken 2009 Beta Open to Volunteers for Testing
• McCain vs. Obama: Your Future Tax Bill
• New $25 Bonus Promotion Code for ShareBuilder Accounts
• How Much The iPhone 3G Really Costs You
• How I Could Find $10,000 Per Year if Necessary
• The Carnival is Up!
• Question of the Day: How Much Vacation Time Do You Use?
• It Was Hot on the Farm, and Weekend Blog Roundup
• Can You Judge a Financial Adviser By Her Own Portfolio?
• Foundations of the Rich and Athletic: What 10 Athletes Do With Their $30,000,000+ Annual Income
• Passive Income: Real Estate? Blogging? I Don’t Think So
• Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary: Your Life Depends on It
• Credit Card Rewards are a Rip Off (for Some)
• Personal Income Statement, May 2008 (Net Income: $9,943)
• Personal Balance Sheet, May 2008 ($158,793, +7.8%)
• More ING Direct Bonus Codes and Weekend Blog Roundup
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (May 2008)
• Make Investment Decisions Together to Avoid These Common Mistakes
• Thinking Will Cause Your Investments to Lose
• My Newest Bank is Changing Names: TD Commerce Bank to Update Branding Later This Year
• What We Learned by Being Open with Our Friends
• My Stimulus Payment Check Arrived, Now What?
• Low-Cost Stock Trading: 5 True Discount Brokerages
• Carnival of Debt Reduction #141: Enemies of the Doctor
• How to Track Your Spending: From Obsession to Reasonability
• The $155 That Almost Wasn’t
• Looking Back: The Difference 9 Years Makes
• Wall Street Journal Podcast: Professional Blogging
• Payment Method Discrimination Strikes Again at the Gas Station
• Capital One Money Market Offers Higher Rate for Costco Members
• Weekend Blog Roundup: Pennies, Budgets, and Social Security
• If You Had Filing Fees Deducted From Your Tax Refund, You Will Receive a Paper Check Rebate
• The Only 7 Investments You Need
• 1,500 Economic Stimulus Payments Sent To Wrong Accounts
• Maimonides’ 8 Levels of Charity
• Early Morning Blog Roundup: Suckers, Micropayments, and Obsession
• Gas Stations’ Profits Hurting: Should Congress Intervene?
• Chrysler’s $2.99 Gas Guarantee: A Bad Deal
• Sallie Mae Reporting Incorrectly to Equifax, Dropping FICO Scores
• Using Fame to Promote an Issue: A Reponsibility or Uncouth?
• Updated ING Direct $25 Bonus Links
• Doodling for Charity: Doodle Day, May 8 Through May 18
• Credit Card Suspended for Merchant Database Breach
• Early Morning Blog Roundup: Big Houses, a Million Dollars, and Greed
• Is a CFP Certification Necessary When Choosing a Planner?
• Updated Latest Checking and Savings Account Interest Rates
• Where Is the Place for Irreplaceableness in the Work Environment?
• Will a Gas Tax Holiday or Taxing Oil Companies Help the Economy?
• E*TRADE Increases Savings Account Interest Rate, Bucking Trend
• Decisions in Real Life: Purchasing a Car
• Citibank Suspects High-Risk Activity in My Credit Card Account
• Receive Consumerism Commentary Updates How You Like Them
• Didn’t Receive Your Economic Stimulus Payment Yet?
• Personal Income Statement, April 2008 (Net Income: $717)
• Personal Balance Sheet, April 2008 ($151,079, +5.3%)
• What Size Bonus Would Convince You to Sign Up for a Credit Card?
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (April 2008)
• Capital One® Credit Cards With No Balance Transfer Fees
• Would You Tell Your Boyfriend You’re Rich?
• Your Job as Your Identity? Not For Me, Thanks
• How Much My San Diego Vacation Might Have Cost
• What to Do With Your Economic Stimulus Payment (Or Any Found Money)
• Back From California and Blog Roundup
• Tax-Deductible Weddings, Part 2
• Why I Still Have No Money
• Tax-Deductible Weddings, Part 1
• Why I Have No Money
• Fortune Magazine’s Best Stocks for 2008: Last December’s Prediction
• Ethical Consumerism, An Introduction
• Complaining Can Save You Money
• Going to California and Blog Roundup
• Following Your Bliss: Good Advice or Bunk?
• Unconfirmed: Emigrant Direct Drops Cash Back MasterCard
• Most Wealthy Individuals Earned, Not Inherited, Their Wealth
• Lies Annuity Salesmen Tell: A Dateline Undercover Investigation
• Unintended Consequences and Money
• Question for Tax Day: How Would YOU Reform the Tax Code?
• Many Exchange-Traded Funds are Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be
• MoneyBlogNetwork on Emergency Funds and Latest Carnival of Personal Finance
• Taxes Complete and SEP IRA Funded: Next Time With a Professional
• 50 Tips to Help Establish Your Emergency Fund
• SmartyPig Smartly Drops $25 Redemption Fee
• Updated High-Yield Savings and Checking Rates
• Weekend Reading
• Jonathan Clements Exits: The Essence of Money
• Earn Up to $525 by Opening an Account at ING Direct
• The Frugal Lifestyle: Are We Missing Out on Life?
• My First Quarter 401(k) Results Are In
• If Monthly Budgets Don’t Excite You, Try This
• Missing Money: Troll the Web for Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Owed to You
• My Electric Bill: Why I Pay More
• 10 Steps to Break the Credit Card Habit
• Weekend Roundup
• Tracking My Verizon Wireless Rebate Online
• Top Career Choices in a Recession: But is This How We Should Be Selecting Jobs?
• Personal Income Statement, March 2008 (Net Income: $9,257)
• Personal Balance Sheet, March 2008 ($143,174, +6.7%)
• Monthly Reminder: Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• Reminder: Free $100 Gift Card for SmartyPig
• The Recession Won’t Hit Generation Y (And Take Advantage of That)
• Festival of Frugality #119: The Quitting My Day Job to Blog Full Time Edition
• Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Wants to Reform the Financial System
• The Carnival of Personal Finance is Up!
• Financial Management Software: What are Your Needs and Wishes?
• You Can’t Have Too Much Available Credit
• I’m in San Francisco for a Few Days, So Read These Blogs
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (March 2008)
• Thrasher Funds’ GendeX Mutual Fund: You Know, For Kids
• Good News if You’re in the Market for Buying a House
• Balance Transfer Fees on Chase Credit Cards
• Consumerism Commentary to Host the April 1 Edition of the Festival of Frugality
• Giveaway: $100 Gift Card for SmartyPig, a Unique Savings Account
• The Carnival is Up!
• Best Buy Offering Store Credit in Return for HD DVD Hardware and Movies
• 5 Free 1GB Flash Drives With TaxCut: Winners Notified
• My First Economic Stimulus Payment Notice Has Arrived
• Laundry Detergent, 171.54% APR Loan, and 30 Rules of Thumb
• 15 Families Hit Hard Recently: Time to Adjust Expectations?
• Study: Payday Loans Cause More Bankruptcies
• Cost-Cutting Consumers Trade Down from Steak to Chicken
• TaxCut Review, End Your Marriage for Money, and Splurging on a Camera
• Question for Discussion: How Much Can You Spend Without Telling?
• Banks Lower Interest Rates Following Fed
• Real Money, Real World: A Resource for High School Personal Finance Classes
• New $5 Bill Now in Circulation: Is it Time to Revalue the Dollar?
• The Cost of Buying a Home, Low Cost of Living, and Fed Cover-Up
• Reminder: 5 Free USB Flash Drives (1GB) with TaxCut
• Economic Stimulus Rebate Schedule: When You’ll Receive Your Rebate
• 8 Benefits to a Recession or Down Market
• Fed Busy Lowering Rates Over the Weekend
• New Bonus Points and Miles Offers on CitiBank Credit Cards
• Get Ready to Pay More to Fly
• Deadly Sins, Getting a Raise, and Reducing Grocery Bills
• It’s Official: New Job With a Raise and Promotion
• W-4 and Your Working Spouse
• Savings Account Interest Rates Updated
• The Price of Milk Might Decline in 2008
• Balance Transfer Fees on American Express Credit Cards
• Giveaway: Five 1 GB USB Flash Drives With TaxCut Software
• Three Tips for More Financial Aid
• Comcast Bills for Two Months of Service on First Bill
• Balance Transfer Fees on CitiBank Credit Cards
• The Carnival is Up!
• Turbo Charge Your Financial Transformation
• Anyone Fly Virgin America?
• Teaching Financial Skills to Teens With Learning Disabilities
• How to Waste $42 Million (and Blog Roundup)
• Hiring Our First CPA
• H&R Block Catering to Younger Taxpayers
• New Writer at Consumerism Commentary: Smithee
• Get Rid of Your High-Cost Variable Annuity Easily
• Too Cheap for iPhone or Blackberry, But I Got My Mobile Web Access
• Survey: Americans are Financially Illiterate
• New Bill to Provide Grants for Financial Literacy Education
• Bloggers: Apply to Host the Carnival of Personal Finance
• How to Get Money Back From Airborne
• The End of Bull Markets: Don’t Expect Great Returns Over the Long Term
• Airborne to Pay $23.3 Million for False Advertising
• Personal Income Statement, February 2008 (Net Income: $11,731)
• Personal Balance Sheet, February 2008 ($135,649, +8.4%)
• Is it Better to Receive a Tax Refund or Owe the IRS?
• Monthly Reminder: Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• Some Surprises in Consumer Reports’ Top 10 Cars for 2008
• Intereviewed by MoneyCrashers (and Blog Round-Up)
• My Wealth in USD is Increasing, But the Dollar is Falling
• Celebrate “America Saves Week” by Increasing Savings and Decreasing Expenses
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (February 2008)
• This Month in the Archives: Life Without Debt, Better Sex, and Bank Robbers
• FDIC Expects More Bank Failures But Foreign Governments Are Bailing Us Out
• Your Food Pantry: An Essential Part of Your Emergency Fund
• Middle-Class Millionaires are Concerned for Their Future
• Ben Stein’s Parents are Well-Off Thanks to Variable Annuities
• Learn How to Handle Your Mortgage… In Church
• States Plan On Shutting Down Small 529 College Savings Plans
• Jung Typology and Finance: Sensing vs. Intuition
• Starbucks Allows You to Bring Your Desktop Computer
• How I Evaluated and Declined a Recent Rental Property Investment
• Back From D.C. (and Blog Roundup)
• The Case Against Mortgage Pre-Payment
• Living Paycheck to Paycheck (On Purpose)
• HD DVD Officially Dead: Long Live Blu-ray
• Guide to Chase Credit Cards
• Smart Women Marry for Money, and Here’s Why
• Big Mistakes That Cost, Part 2
• Big Mistakes That Cost, Part 1
• I’m Getting a Raise and a Bonus, But Maybe I Should Leave
• Increased 401(k) Contribution Rate
• Jung Typology and Finance: Introversion vs. Extraversion
• 6 Tips for a Frugal Valentine’s Day (Reprint Plus)
• This Month in the Archives: Mean People, Quicken Hack, and Marital Bliss
• Tax Rebate Calculator Updated (and Blog Roundup)
• Financial Attitudes: Charles Schwab’s Categorizations of Generation X
• Still Use Snail Mail? Prepare for a Price Increase in May
• Netflix to Support Blu-ray Exclusively
• File Taxes for Free With I-CAN!, But is it Accurate?
• How to Save a Million Dollars at Any Age: 55 Years Old
• Purchased a New Camera (and Blog Roundup)
• How Will the Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate Affect 2008 Tax Returns?
• Actual vs. Budget Report, January 2008
• Profile Pictures (Avatars) in the Comments
• How the Future U.S. President Wants to Tax You
• How to Save a Million Dollars at Any Age: 45 Years Old
• My Favorite Source for Movies? The Library
• Searching for a CD as the Rates Plummet
• Personal Income Statement, January 2008 (Net Income: $7,790)
• The Carnival is Up!
• Personal Balance Sheet, January 2008 ($125,770, +2.3%)
• Giants Win Superbowl (and Blog Roundup)
• How to Save a Million Dollars at Any Age: 35 Years Old
• How Do Finance Professors Invest?
• Monthly Reminder: Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• Banks React to Latest Fed Rate Drop
• How to Save a Million Dollars at Any Age: 25 Years Old
• Update: Guide to Citibank Credit Cards
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (January 2008)
• What’s More Important: High Interest or Customer Service?
• Savings Square Added to High-Yield Accounts List
• This Month in the Archives: Financial Ratios, Wage Inequality, and a Housing Bubble
• The New Emergency Fund: Five Components of an Emergency Plan
• Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate Calculator
• Flexo’s Financial Goals: First Check-Up
• Completely Redesigned High-Yield Interest Rate Page (and Blog Roundup)
• Economic Stimulus Package Has Not Been Finalized
• Still Believe Real Estate Values Never Go Down?
• Today is the Worst Day of the Year: How Does it Affect Your Money?
• Unexpected Call From Commerce Bank
• I Received a Surprise 1099-INT
• The Interest Rates are Falling
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive: 6 Ways to Accelerate Your Interest
• Chase Commuter Cash: Earn $10 for Every $150 Spent
• Fed Cuts Short-Term Rate By 0.75 Points
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 6: Make Your Raise Invisible
• Economic Stimulus (and Blog Roundup)
• Updated List of Savings and Checking Account Rates
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 5: Hide Your Savings From Yourself
• ING Direct Tax Forms Available Now
• Helping Mom Retire, Part 1: Conquering the Stack
• A Case of Really Bad Timing
• Hedging Bets on Blu-Ray But Still Disappointed (and Blog Roundup)
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 4: The Expensive Coffee-Related Drink Factor
• Inflation Watch: Consumer Prices Rose 4.1% in 2007
• The Mole on Lump Sum vs. Dollar Cost Averaging
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 3: Automate Your Savings
• My 2007 401(k) Performance and Blog Roundup
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 2: Keep Your Change
• Flexo’s Budget for 2008
• Put Your Savings in Hyperdrive, Part 1: Open a High-Yield Account
• Case Study: Multi-Millionaire Made on $11/hr Job
• Importance of Budgeting Relates to Financial Condition and Habits
• This Month in the Archives: Goals, Messy Desks, and Asset Allocation
• Take This Rule of Thumb Quiz
• Misconceptions About the Transition to Digital Television
• 5 Stupid Financial Mistakes I Made in 2007: Failing to Remain Competitive Within My Field
• The Keynote Index Fund: Buying and Holding AAPL Beats Market Timing
• New $50 Sharebuilder Bonus Promotional Offer
• Toll Hikes Coming to N.J. Turnpike, G.S. Parkway, A.C. Expressway, and Route 440
• 5 Stupid Financial Mistakes I Made in 2007: Failing to Balance Rental Property Income with Deductible Expenses
• Midweek Roundup: Welcome Consumerist Readers
• 15 Credit Cards With the Best Rewards
• Ken Jennings’ Quote of the Day and What Would You Do With $1.5 Million?
• The Carnival is Up!
• $100 Bonus for Opening a Chase Checking Account
• 5 Stupid Financial Mistakes I Made in 2007: Underutilizing Financial and Tax Advisors
• 5 Stupid Financial Mistakes I Made in 2007: Failing to Establish a Spending Budget
• Four Factors That Determine the Value of a Coin
• How to Find (and Keep) Your Money
• Presidential Dollar Coins: New Designs in 2008 and Future Changes
• More Children are Budding Philanthropists
• Morning Roundup: Goals Across the Web
• Monthly Reminder: Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• Personal Income Statement, December 2007 (Net Income: $4,252)
• Personal Balance Sheet, December 2007 ($122,596, +1.5%)
• Buy Holiday Items Now and Save Lots
• 5 Stupid Financial Mistakes I Made in 2007: Failing to Utilize the Energy Tax Credit
• Eco-Friendly Ball for New Year’s Eve
• Flexo’s Financial Goals and Resolutions for 2008
• The Carnival is Up!
• 2007 Charitable Donations
• Full 2007 Goal Review: How Well Did I Meet My Goals?
• Cashed In Series EE Bonds
• Weekend Roundup: Rock Band
• Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go (December 2007)
• Index Fund Investors Earn More From Investments
• Early Morning Roundup: $500 in Coins
• Small-Time Philanthropy: The Charitable Gift Fund
• There Are Things I Will Not Write About
• Getting Your Finances On Track In 2008
• Christmas Day Roundup
• The Carnival is Up!
• People Fail at Financial New Year’s Resolutions
• Ignore the Inflation Rate
• New Bonus Offers for American Express Credit Cards
• Christmas Kittens: Not A Bargain
• 2008 Roth IRA: Lump Sum or Dollar Cost Average?
• Weekend Roundup: Met My Charity Goal
• Presidential Bank Lowers Rates on Savings and Checking
• The New Quicken Online: A New Direction for Money Management Software
• Consumerism Commentary Honored in BESPy Awards
• HSBC Direct is the Next to Drop Rates
• Teaching Children Practical Money Lessons: Entrepreneurship
• Early Morning Roundup: Journeyman
• Emigrant Direct Interest Drops to 4.65% APY
• UPS Stealth Delivery
• Teaching Children Practical Money Lessons: Investing
• Early Morning Roundup: Old Maps
• ING Direct Lowered Commissions for ShareBuilder Accounts
• Chase TravelPlus Visa Card: 0% APR for 12 Months
• Online Banking is Safe
• Roth 401(k): It’s Official
• The Carnival of Personal of Finance is Up!
• Compact Fluorescent to Become Mainstream
• Use Your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Funds Before It’s Too Late
• Early Morning Roundup: Teaching Excel Edition
• PriceProtectr Just Saved My Girlfriend $100
• Weekly Roundup, Still Shopping Edition
• Wall Street Journal Podcast: Finding Deals Online
• Overspending for the Kids
• Holiday Gift Guide, Part 4: Frugal Homemade Gifts
• Get Rich Slowly to Host Carnival of Personal Finance
• The Candidates’ Income Tax Plans: Republicans
• Updated List of Savings and Checking Account Rates
• The Candidates’ Income Tax Plans: Democrats
• Holiday Gift Guide, Part 3: More Clutter-Free Consumable Gifts
• 2007: The End of TIAA-Cref for My Investments
• $1,000,000 in Pennies in New York City
• What’s in the Candidates’ Wallets?
• This Month in the Archives: Whining, CFO of Your Own Life, and Flex Accounts
• Here Comes the Roth 401(k)
• Weekly Blog Roundup, Standing On Line Edition
• Wall Street Journal Podcast: Safe and Smart Online Shopping
• Welcome Readers of CNN Money
• Bloggers: The Carnival of Personal Finance is Looking for Hosts
• Math Anxiety Could Hurt Your Finances: 5 Ways to Get Over It
• Ten Tips for the Holidays: Avoiding Credit Card Traps
• J.D. From Get Rich Slowly is Debt Free!
• Credit Cards for Balance Transfers: Low Promotional Interest Rates and Fees
• Livin’ it Up: Young Philly Couple Charged With Identity Theft
• Holiday Gift Guide, Part 2: Clutter-Free Consumable Gifts: Food and Drink
• Wrapped Up Two Segments for WSJ Tech News Briefing
• Thanks For the Bats
• Monthly Reminder: Subscribe to Consumerism Commentary
• State Farm to Pay Dividend to NJ Policyholders
• Personal Income Statement, November 2007 (Net Income: $5,982)
• Personal Balance Sheet, November 2007 ($121,861, +1.8%)
• Weekly Blog Roundup, Holiday Shopping Edition
• New Log-In Process Coming to EmigrantDirect
• 8 Tips for a Unsuccessful Office Holiday Party