August 2010

Marketers targeting kids – What do you think about commercialized childhood?

What do you call a consumer who wants to buy everything you have, doesn’t care what it costs and is less than five feet tall? A marketer’s dream? Nope. You call them kids. — AdRelevance Intelligence Report, 2000 I read a lot of blogs and news sites everyday. The ads in those sites are almost [...]

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Freshman Finances : Getting the best student checking account

  This post is part of the freshman finances series, a series of articles that are related to student finances. Read all parts of the series here. A checking account will be the first and the most frequently used account for a student. One of the first things you will do upon arriving on the [...]

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Groupon movie ticket and Google free calls

Groupon $4 fandango movie ticket and Google offers free calls to US and Canada from gmail

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Freshman Finances : Goals and Plans

This post is part of the freshman finances series, a series of articles that are related to student finances. Read all parts of the series here. Where are you headed? This is the first and the most important question you have ask yourself when starting a road trip. Isn’t it? College is just like a [...]

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Weekly Favorites

1 I was sick last week and didn’t visit/comment as many blogs as I would have liked, so google RSS reader to the rescue.  Hope I can do the catch up this week. These are some of my favorites from last week in no particular order.

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New credit card rules that go into effect today (August 22, 2010)

The Federal Reserve Board approved a final rule on June 15th to protect credit card users from unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees and to require credit card issuers to reconsider interest rate increases imposed since the beginning of last year. The final rule represents the third stage of the Federal Reserve’s implementation of [...]

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Freshman Finances – Introduction

This post is part of the freshman finances series, a series of articles that are related to student finances. Read all parts of the series here. It is back to school time! This is a new phase; beginning of a new life, stepping stone for a great career! What lies ahead is a life full [...]

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Borrowing from 401k for first time home down payment

We are contemplating borrowing from 401k as a down payment assistance. Crazy? Lets see. Conventional wisdom says – “ Never take money out of your 401k, it doesn’t make sense in any situation”. First, I totally understand that retirement savings are best left for retirement. But conventional wisdom might not be perfect for every single [...]

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Weekly favorites – launch of the Yakezie.com edition

Yakezie.com is launching tomorrow!!! Many thanks to Sam @ Financial Samurai! He has put a LOT of effort and it is going to be great! The post that started it all – Creating powerful friends: Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge.

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