Archive for January, 2009
Credit Card Companies Persecute Based on Where You Shop
I am pissed. And you will be too when you hear this. Instead of just lowering your credit score when you are late, they are lowering your score when you shop at places (with fine credit, mind you) at places where others shop that may have bad credit. So you will be standing in line [...]
Do You Snuggie?
I remember when I first saw the commercial for a snuggie—I laughed. Now, today I read that over 4 million people have purchased them. Really? In case you have a quick trigger finger and you don’t sit through commercials, a snuggie is a fleece blanket that has arms, looks ugly, and is a waste of [...]
Who Is Richard Paul Evans?
There seems to be quite a bit of traffic lately, “Who is Richard Paul Evans?” He is a successful author of a few self help books regarding the uber wealthy and has done it twice (the sequel is geared towards women).
The first book is called “Five Lessons a Multimillionaire Taught Me” and is about a [...]
What Should You Do With Your Work Raises?
Although most of our raises fall below our expectations, we still expect and count on them. Raises are a little different than surprise windfalls like bonuses and tax refund checks in the sense that the money is spread out over a years worth of paychecks. This isn’t news to anybody, but the reaction to raise [...]
List of Tax Deductions for 2008
Its one of the constants: taxes. Where the other is death, most have a hard time choosing. I found myself at a time agreeing with most that these are the worst times of the year. But now I have a slightly different outlook. I look at this time as an opportunity to lessen the harshness [...]
Going Out of Business Sales
You have probably heard the news; Circuit City is closing all of their doors. I smiled right along with Best Buy when I read the news, because like many, I thought I was in for some serious bargains. I went the morning the news was released looking for discounts on some electronic items I have [...]
Warning Signs That Your Debt Is Becoming Unmanageable
This is a guest post from Trisha Wagner of DestroyDebt.com. If you would like to submit your article for review, feel free to email us at milkyourmoney@gmail.com. She writes regularly on the topics of getting out of debt and personal finance. She also a nice forum that merits visiting.
Do you have control over your debt or [...]
What it is In the New Stimulus Plan?
Negotiations have finally gotten to a point where details have been released of what will be included (debated) in a new stimulus package worth around $825 billion dollars over a two-year period. More likely however, the bill will probably increase to over a $1 trillion. Three Congressional committees are schedule to mark up the bill [...]
Is Aisle19 a Scam or Legit?
“Here we go, its finally happening.” This was my first thought when I recieved an email just a few minutes ago (from a coworker who is always on the look out for a new deal to make some money). I thought this because it is somewhat an indicator that the economy must really be slumping. Of [...]
The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson recently wrote a book entitled The Ascent of Money and while I am still working getting a review up, PBS has put the corresponding video on their page for free viewing. In its entirety! Get a sandwich (and a beverage of choice), sit back and turn up the volume, this is an excellent video. I [...]
Wells Fargo Prime Rate Visa Card
Before I completely lose you and you think this is some lame credit card site from Malaysia, I just wanted to put a quick note out there that Wells Fargo has changed their APR for one of their credit cards to 3.25%. Of course, there are dozens of other cards that have 0% but there [...]
Spend ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, Take a Vacation
Cash is king—having money when nobody else does is the best way to take advantage of investments and bargains. When entire sectors of business are struggling to get customers—like the vacation industry currently is—it usually represents a great time to snag up a bargain trip. Unfortunately, in the long run, this can represent less competition [...]
Grocery Store Tactics That Get Us to Spend
You would think grocery stores are exempt if not helped by downward swings in our economy. Think about it, when things are tight, we tend to eat out less and spend more money at the grocery store. We start to be realistic with our money and buy a $8 steak and a $10 bottle of [...]
Price of Oil Lowers After Government Reports Reserves
Its simply a matter of supply and demand, and it seems we have a surplus of oil supply that is allowgin for reasonable prices for oil. Sure you can argue that we can’t always expect such low prices for gas since inflation is a constant and what not, but whether supply is being manipulated to [...]
Logo Changes Since the Financial Crisis
The latest company logo changes since the financial crisis has begun…Don’t forget to subscribe and get MYM in your email!
