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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Charles Schwab is offering unlimited 2% cashback on all purchases with their branded via card. The 2% gets deposited into your Charles Schwab account each month with no minimum cashout amount.
If you're not a Charles Schwab customer it may be worth it to open an account with them just for ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
The amount of miles you earn depends on how much you deposit into your Fidelity account.
$50,000 = 25k miles
$10,000 = 15k miles
$2,500 = 5k miles
The $2,500/5k miles deal seems to be the best option as you'll be earning 2 miles for every dollar you deposit and you don't have to ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
It somehow slipped my mind that American Airlines charges $15 for the first checked bag and $25 for the second checked bag. This applies to domestic flights and elite status customers are exempt from this fee. I've read about it many times because it was so well publicized in the ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
I got an offer in the mail for the American Express Platinum charge card with the annual fee waived for the first year. Normally the annual fee is $450 but depending on how this year goes I can see myself paying the fee and continuing to use the card. I ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Today I lent out my 1,000th loan. It was made to the Sugran Rafiq Mashi Group from Pakistan. I hope they are able to achieve everything they set out to do and hope them the best of luck. You can see my lender profile here.
In June of this year when ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I recently found a pack of sticky notes from New Century Mortgage Corporation and decided to auction it off on eBay.
I think I'm going to sell random things on eBay to collect more feedback as I've got spare time on my hands these days and way too much clutter in ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The last time I checked my FICO score 6 months ago it was hovering somewhere around 700 give or take 25. Today I decided to check it and my score is 597!
The #1 reason my score is so low can be attributed to the fact that I'm carrying roughly $30,000-$34,999 ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
From October 6th to the 18th you can get a $75 signing bonus from PNC Checking.
The requirement is a qualifying direct deposit. However PNC counts ACH as direct deposit so therefore a push of funds from PayPal will count.
The required minimum to open a free checking account is $25. No ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
You can trade commission-free for 30 days with TDAmeritrade.
I know the market is a mess right now but if you're still holding ample amounts of cash there are a lot of bargains out there.
Offer valid for one new individual or Joint TD AMERITRADE account opened by December 31, 2008 and ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
With all the talk of the Federal Funds rate being cut yet again soon I guess some banks (like ING Direct) are pre-emptively cutting their interest rates.
I logged onto my ING Direct account this morning to see that dreaded line.
Oct 9, 2008 Interest Rate Change to 2.716% (2.75% APY)
If I had ...
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