Archive for February, 2007
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Why Not Prosper?
Tyler with an anonymous e-mail address writes:
Why prosper? There are much better ways to earn returns on that money that 1) does not put other people in to debt and 2) are not as risky. You may be convincing yourself that Prosper helps others out, but I find that putting people into debt is a [...] -
I’m Looking into Credit Card Arbitrage, Am I Crazy?
Previously, I asked (mostly rhetorically), I have a plasma TV, am I crazy? Most people agreed no, so now I’m stepping up the craziness a level. In the last week, I’ve been thinking of doing something that I never thought I would - get a credit card with a 0% balance transfer. I [...]
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Festival of Frugality #62
Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #62. I’m a huge fan of baseball and for years 62 was one of the game’s biggest numbers. For years, the single season home run record belonged to Roger Maris with 61 home runs in 1961. The record stood for 37 years until Mark McGwire (and [...]
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USAA Magazine Winter 2006 stats
I’m digging through USAA’s Winter 2006 magizine. For those unfamilar with USAA it’s more or less the official bank of the military. At least that’s how Energi Gal explains it to me. They published a couple of surveys.
In the first:51% of people want to save $1,000,000
74% have saved less than $50,000
30% have saved $0That doesn’t [...]
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Delaying Social Security Benefits - Will Scott get Burned?
I’m still catching up on some reading - in this case the 2006 winter edition of USAA’s magazine. Scott Burns, a syndicated personal finance writer has an article about why he’s going to delay his social security benefits.
For those unwilling to read the article, I’ll attempt to summarize a couple of quick points as [...]
