>> Click here to compare today's top savings and money market rates << Check out today's top online savings and money market account rates. Finding out how much money you could make from an investment can help you find the best savings rates and choose an account that will yield the highest return. Using a money market calculator is a great way to find out what the total interest and total contribution amount will be to provide you with your final return. A money market … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Uninvited Guests Ruin Your Interest Rate Party
Think about what you would do if you threw a large party of 100 people and nine extra guests came. Not a big deal because you probably made too much food anyway. You decide to invite the nine extra guests as regulars to the next party. The guest list is 109 people. However, at the next party what if those nine people each brought his or her spouse? You are a little panicked because the food may run a little short. But you pull it off – just barely. The invited guest list becomes 118. So … [Read more...]
You are Your Biggest Financial Advisor
Have you ever watched a financial advisor on TV that just yells at his or her viewers with a comment like, “Are you kidding me" when they ask if they can buy something that they have wanted for a long time. Watching one of those shows reminds me of having my parents yell at me. Sure my parents were smart. Sure they have more life experience. But did they always see where I was coming from? Not always. If your financial advisor is always telling you what to do and what not to do, it is time to … [Read more...]
Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness Go Hand and Hand: Part One
An article by BudgetQueen I may stir up a little controversy here. You can be physically fit and not financially fit and vice versa. But if you have mastered one, you have all of the skills to master the other. Bear with me here… Getting out of debt is like losing weight. There is no magic cure. To lose weight it takes a desire to be healthy, a commitment to eat healthier and work out, and the patience to see it through. Almost anyone can get healthier with the above combination. Just like … [Read more...]
Transferring balances: Good idea or “Robbing Peter to pay Paul?”
An article by BudgetQueen You get that offer in the mail from either your credit card or a new credit card to transfer an existing balance with no APR for several months. You think to yourself: “Yes, I do pay a lot of interest every month on my credit card. What if I transferred the balance to the new card? What can it hurt?” Well I am here to discuss the ins and outs of balance transfers. Yes, I have done it as well. I have done it successfully, but I have also noticed the little traps that … [Read more...]
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