March 2012

Mint.com is a web based financial tool that helps you put your budget in order. It consolidates all your financial data in one place, and is equipped with simple and powerful features like simple alerts for bills or payments and goal-oriented accounting that even charts your progress towards a financial objective. When used in conjunction with your credit cards, Mint.com can even advice you on which card to use in exchange for the information of how you use your credit cards, which can lead to either less cost or even savings. You can use Mint.com for anything financial, from investments,…

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Welcome every one. We are officially 1 month old. And Google has granted us some authority. Now when I searched using the blog name, I saw FPR as the first entry listed. Even we are now seeing a couple of search engine visitors everyday. this is a good sign. Although I don’t think we would see any significant search traffic till we are 6 months old. This is my experience from building my personal finance blog, One Cent at a Time. We saw traffic increase at 3 months level, 6 months level and at 1 year. Although the back-link profile…

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Welcome to the most recent Edition of the Carnival of Retirement. If you want to submit a post for next week’s edition, please use this submission form. Next week’s edition will be hosted by Tackling Our Debt This is the first Carnival I am hosting here at FPR. If you are visiting for the first time at this blog, you are most welcome. This is not your average day-to-day blog. It’s a specialist blog which reviews financial products and gives out a recommendation. Follow the blog and let us keep you be informed in the financial market place. Glen Craig…

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Debt usage determines 30% of your credit score. The better you handle your debts, the better your credit score comes out. This is the goal of Credit Karma, a company based in San Francisco, that offers free credit scores for its consumers. The information from credit scores can guide Credit Karma users into better credit health by monitoring the effects of their financial decisions on their credit scores when the change happens, and adjust their actions accordingly. To write Credit karma review, I signed up for their account. The process is extremely smooth. yes, there is a risk involved when…

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The most recent card to catch my eye has been the American Express Blue Cash Preferred card, which is an improved version of the flagship Blue Cash card. It has much more generous rewards structure than other cards on the market, comparable and perhaps better than Discover More Card, the best reward card we have reviewed so far. The pitch for the card definitely looks worth dying for in this market. Which says “6% cash back at supermarkets, 3% cash back at gas stations and department stores, and 1% back everywhere else“. The moment you you think that the supermarket…

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This is first month anniversary of this blog. So far I have received around 972 page views and 253 unique visitors at Finance Product Reviews. Not bad so far provided I only has 7 visits through search engine. And so far I don’t even appear in the front page for a search term “Finance Product Reviews”. Let’s now bring out the articles I did like reading and a few reviews that might be of help if you are considering those. Mint.com iPhone app review at Buck Inspire covers some features on mint’s smart phone app. I am a Yodlee user,…

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In a world increasing its use of on-line applications over legacy installations, some people still prefer to install programs on their home or work computers instead. With regards to online applications, there is no need for installations anymore, or even upgrades – only one instance of the application is live, with only one application of upgrades, if it is ever needed. But with legacy installations, you will have to go through some time installing the program, checking if the program works fine on your operating system, and then upgrading the program to its latest version. TurboTax Home and Business is…

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Welcome to another edition of weekly roundup. I love blogging and read tons of blogs a week. Presenting few of the posts worth mentioning. 9 Ways to Save Money on Electricity – At Million Ways to Save Can Couple really Afford Luxury cars at Gen Y Finances The Case Against Passive Investing –  At Blog My Money Would You Accept Government Food Assistance If You Won The Lottery? Asks Financial Samurai Play your finances like a video game at Cult of Money Does One Million Dollars Make You Rich? at Cash Flow Mantra How to Really Retire Early…..Really at Good Financial Cents…

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True Earnings Card from Costco and American Express is an American Express cash back card which allows unlimited  cash back on purchases made at Costco. This card allows you to earn up to 3% of what you’ve spent on certain purchases, and also comes with Costco membership as an added advantage. If you are going to apply for the Costco American Express True Earning card, try to see your credit score first to have a general idea of what your credit limit is going to be, or will you be approved. Credit Sesame shall give you a free assessment of…

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