Welcome readers to this roundup and link love edition. Let’s see the articles that caught my attention past week. Good Reads and Reviews in Blogosphere Slippery Slope of Separate Money at Evolving PF. Cult of money talks about Blogging as a Business run by venture capitalists. Simple island living calculates her cost of moving across the Ocean. Tackling our debt discusses about Canadian first time home buyer tax credit. What do you do when you spill water on your laptop or it gets in to water, head out to read, Laptop Underwater. The Price of a Sandwich from Freedom 48….
Serve is the American Express reply to both PayPal and Google Wallet (Amex Serve vs. PayPal). It has been criticized for not offering anything new that PayPal was not offering one year ago, and this was last year. However, just this February 16, 2012, Serve released a statement that it would be operating with the same technology as Google Wallet – making a sale or transaction through the use of smartphones and an NFC card reader. A Competition in the Offing This makes it a potential three-way race – PayPal has been at Google Wallet right from the start, after…
Do not forget, this is a blog and not a regular website. Here I can certainly give some personal touch at times. When I get bored of reviewing products, I want to cover other aspects of personal finance. In future, I am going to highlight certain financial aspects which are equally important as reading the reviews. Today I am again going to list some good reads around the financial blogosphere. I think you should read them and get benefited. The Amateur Financier Reviews the book Eat that Frog. Jason at Work Save Live wants to sell his wife’s wedding ring…
First up, you should know that the AMEX Platinum card is not a typical credit card – it is a charge card. This means that at the end of every month, you will have to pay for what you spent with the card in full, and no exceptions. This makes using the card pretty convenient – you don’t have to keep track of how much you owe because at the end of every month, your debt goes back to zero. This is the reason the AMEX platinum card has no APR – you have no need of one. The payback…
Foursquare is a simple app that connects people within social networks to real places. Foursquare has certain activities or games, like for example, someone frequenting a place becomes the “mayor” of the location, and so on and so forth. It can also locate friends for you aside from locations through GPS, so you know when you are within distance of a friend. As a tool for connecting people, Foursquare functions pretty well, especially by getting people outside their rooms or habits into new places, new activities and new things. At face value, that is what Foursquare is. However, if you…
Earlier we have reviewed Turbo Tax Home Edition at FPR. Now presenting the tool that I personally use for our tax return. Taxact.com. Taxact.com is an application that helps you out in preparing and filing your taxes, both in state and federal. You can run the software from a standalone desktop without Internet connection, or you can use its online version. You can get it for free, though you have to pay for it with advertisements and nag screens all the way, or you can get the editions without the advertisements after paying a fee. With all the options, you…
I have been using MB Trading brokerage account for last 5 years. I was attracted by their professional screen layout of the trading platform. I am attaching screen shots below for you to see. During market hours when the data keep on refreshing, it gives a feeling that you are in the trading pit! With a very steep learning curve to master the software and availability of very limited educational materials, MB Trading may not be an ideal choice for a brokerage for new investors. MB Trading received “top rated online broker” award for 7 consecutive years now, including 2012….
I read the news on one of the personal finance websites. There’s someone offering 1.25% APY on saving account! Got curious and started with my investigation. The first thing that stuck out to me for Tiaa Direct saving account was a PO box for a bank’s address! I mean, are you kidding? I haven’t seen a bank’s physical address pointing to a PO box! I decided to read, experience and then write a review about TIAA Direct savings account. One good thing, this bank TIAA Direct is TIAA – CREF group company. Tiaa CREF is a reputable name in teachers’…
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,…
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…
