Filed in archive Credit
by Justin McHenry on October 30, 2006
Working for a Web site about credit cards always leaves me with conflicting emotions, because I in turn get mad at the credit card companies for some fuzzy business practices, and then get mad at the...
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Filed in archive Credit
by Justin McHenry on October 27, 2006
As Research Director for IndexCreditCards.com, I regularly talk to reporters from various publications about credit cards. I talked to a reporter this week who wanted to pick my brain about any trends...
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Words of wisdom... Mapgirl: "Last night I was talking with a friend about the very same thing. She's a retail store manager. Recently, she took over an ailing business and has turned it...
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Back on August 7, I began this 29-part series on the words of wisdom to be culled from Warren Buffett's letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. It's October 25th and this is just the 12th...
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A guy I used to work with invited me to his Halloween party one year. When he answered the door he was wearing a white leisure suit, sort of like Don Knotts used to wear when he was on Three's......
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I would hazard to guess, that at some point in your life, you've stolen something. Few are immune to the five finger discount. No one should be proud of it; I'm not. But it's part of who...
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In the depths of winter last year, it took over $500 per month to keep us warm thanks to skyrocketing natural gas prices. As the days get darker and the chill starts to creep in in the parts of the......
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Filed in archive by Justin McHenry on October 18, 2006
Listen up, people! My Open Wallet: "...today a charge showed up on my Chase account: they charge $10 to receive an incoming wire transfer. What a rip-off. I can't believe banks charge these...
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new investing service Zecco, which will be offering free stock trades. I mentioned an article I had read that said Zecco's difficulty would come when its...
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It's been almost three weeks since we last visited Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters as part of our ongoing series. For shame! Today's Part 11 looks at Warren...
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I finally got around to checking out this new Motley Fool offering called CAPS. They're billing it as sort of a mashup of stock picking and the "wisdom of crowds" type of thing that...
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Before I go on, I should say that by clicking that fun logo to the left, you can join the Spam Fan Club, i.e., the Hormel Spam Spiced Ham Fan Club. I have no idea what the perks are to......
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Are you afraid to be a millionaire? Maybe you are and you don't even know it. At least that's what Kelvin Boston, host of the PBS show Moneywise, is saying in his new book titled--wait for...
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What'd you say? Stop Buying Crap: "Apparently, credit cards company can magically force you to spend money." Consumerism Commentary: "Whose fault is it that people go deeper into...
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A few weeks ago I worked myself up into a lather about tipping, and how it's impossible to know when you're "supposed" to tip and how much. Catching up on my reading at the...
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Filed in archive Kids
by Justin McHenry on October 02, 2006
Pretty soon my kids are going to want money. And I'm going to want to give it to them. Because I want them to stop asking me for everything under the sun. I want to say, "Sure you can have......
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