By: Brian
Saw Amboy pushed its rate to 5.25% today as well … good to see savings rates still moving up.
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I haven’t heard too much about UFB in the online bank discussions. I was looking it over and it seems to have really good features except for the lack of ability to initiate ach transfers to outside...
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I have a savings account with UFB and can make transfers to and from UFB Direct and my local checking account. The transfers are made from my local bank. However, my bank charges a small fee to...
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Which Money Script Do You Live By?
Your money script is a story you tell yourself about money. This story, the way you approach your finances, an outlook on a certain segment of your life, can have a significant effect on your behavior....
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How the Financial Media and Stock Market Analysts Manipulate You
Best Buy, the big box retailer that most shoppers have abandoned sometime in the last decade and a half in favor of Amazon.com, announced better-than-expected earnings for the last three months of...
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The IRS Tax Scam and What Happens When You Owe Taxes
For a few years, a ring of criminals believed by the U.S. government to be based in India have been involved in a pervasive tax scam. Callers impersonate IRS officials, connect with American taxpayers,...
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Life Is and Isn’t About the Money
Accumulating money is not a real goal for anyone’s life. Growing wealth is not the point. People don’t work hard because they want to see their bank balance grow; those of us who track our finances and...
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LearnVest Acquired By Northwestern Mutual
Congratulations to the owners of LearnVest, a financial planning start-up that is in the process of finalizing a deal with Northwestern Mutual wherein the latter will be acquiring the assets and...
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5 Reasons Why New Chip Credit Cards Won’t Reduce Fraud
Banks in the United States are undergoing a major transformation in credit card technology, a process similar to the one Europe successfully completed several years ago. Despite the technological...
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Can You Blame Them for Not Being Invested in Stocks?
After the stock market closed on Friday, my portfolio was at an all-time high. That was likely also the case for a lot of investors living in the United States who are similar to me: earning income,...
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Command and Control: From Baseball Pitches to Your Money
When your life is out of control, nothing seems to go right. You have the worst luck, and you can’t seem to get ahead with anything, whether a project, a goal, or even simple things like taking care of...
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Podcast 175: Carl Richards, The One-Page Financial Plan
It may have been over a year since I last put together a podcast episode, but I’m back today to talk with Consumerism Commentary Podcast guest Carl Richards. Carl is here to talk about his new book,...
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Life Is Short: Toxic Financial Attitudes
There’s a good reason I can’t get into extreme savings for retirement. When desperate financial times call for desperate financial measures, there is a good incentive to cut all unnecessary spending...
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Thank You: Twelve Years of Consumerism Commentary
Twelve years ago today I started a blog called Consumerism Commentary. On that date, I was about one year into my journey of improving my finances. I had the bright and forward-thinking idea to track...
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Metrics for your household finances
It’s the heart of the baseball season and, whereas 20 years ago talk about the sport would have centered on the All-Star Game, the trade deadline, and how the pennant races were shaping up, now the...
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Maimonides’ 8 Levels of Charity
In researching historical and religious views on charitable giving, I came across Maimonides’ hierarchy. He believed that there are 8 degrees of charity. These deal primarily with providing for the...
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Metrics for your household finances
It’s the heart of the baseball season and, whereas 20 years ago talk about the sport would have centered on the All-Star Game, the trade deadline, and how the pennant races were shaping up, now the...
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Hurry While Discover’s Double Miles Deal Lasts
Whether you’re planning a very special trip next year or just travel a lot, there’s currently a limited-time offer you really ought to think seriously about. The Discover it® Miles-Double Miles your...
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Why Lending Rates Can’t Stay Low Forever
For an organization that keeps announcing it hasn’t made a decision yet, the Federal Reserve sure gets a lot of media attention. And yes, the discussion of when and if the Fed is going to raise...
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6 Ways Your Bank is Ripping You Off
The Occupy Wall Street movement seems to have faded away, but it is fair to say that banks are still not very popular institutions. Fairly or unfairly, the prevailing impression many folks have is that...
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