May 2010

Free consumer reports – Credit , Banking, Insurance, Employment & More

There are many agencies that collect data on us these days. Starting from a simple checking account to a huge mortgage, employment, getting any type of insurance, everyone wants to verify and check our background.  Everything we do is recorded and analyzed. All the pricing options seem to be based on these reports.  Have you [...]

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Weekly and Yakezie favorites – Shrek Edition

I watched the movie Shrek: The Final Chapter yesterday. Even though movie tickets in general are getting very expensive, I like the green ogre. The movie was a bit more than just entertainment for me, it made me think. Rare for a cartoon. There were a few take away messages: A lot of time we [...]

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Joining the Yakezie Challenge

You might have notice the new badge on the right side bar. I am joining the Yakezie Challenge. It is a collaborative effort, where participating blogs seek to selflessly promote each other and work together to improve their Alexa rank. So along with my Sunday weekly favorites, I will also highlight posts from my fellow [...]

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Road map to financial dreams – Part 3

This is the 3rd part of the series on creating and achieving our financial dreams. This post details steps 5 & 6 of the 9 steps of creating and achieving our financial dreams. Read part 1 of the series here and part 2 here. Put your goals on autopilot Create a plan to review your [...]

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How to create subaccounts at Ally Bank?

How to create multiple accounts at Ally bank? Targeted savings is an excellent way to manage different goals at the same time and manage funding each of them.

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Weekly favorites

I am very new to personal finance and blogging.  The personal finance world is blessed with excellent bloggers who teach me something new everyday and help people achieve financial discipline.  Every Sunday I plan on doing a round up of articles that I enjoyed reading.  These are my favorites  for the week:

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Road map to financial dreams – Part 2

This is part 2 of a 4 part series on creating and achieving our financial dreams. I outline 9 simple steps for doing this. This post details step 4. Read the part 1 of the series here. “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Alva Edison In part one of [...]

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Are you too big to fail? – Create your personal bailout fund

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May data there are more than 6.7 billion workers who are unemployed for more than 27 weeks. Emergency room visits are on the rise. Do you have the money to float you on a rainy day? Even if your job and health are perfectly fine, a small car [...]

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Checking accounts – What are my options?

What is the costliest piece of clothing you have? May be its a wedding gown, or an expensive suit… mine is a t-shirt. It cost me $492. No it is not lined with diamond stones, it just a low quality cotton t-shirt with a bank logo printed on it. Everyone has a checking account. For [...]

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