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SmartyPig and Ally Account Updates

Kyle — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:01:32 +0000

As you may have noticed from the sidebar, I have reached my goal of getting $500 to open an investing account which means it was time to close out my goal with SmartyPig, I also now have a full month under my belt with Ally with two milestones under my belt for these popular accounts [...]

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How and Why You Would File for a Tax Filing Extension

Kyle — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:01:08 +0000

This is a guest post by Manny Davis. Manny is a tax accountant and President of Back Taxes Help, LLC, a tax resolution firm that assists taxpayers in resolving major tax problems and file late taxes. Feel free to subscribe to their tax blog today. The April 15th tax filing deadline is approaching for Federal [...]

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A Lesson in Customer Service

Kyle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:52 +0000

Sadly I can say with absolute certainty that I am very seldom wowed by a business’ customer service. In most instances you are lucky to get someone to pick up the phone let alone actually help you with your problem. Even when you get the help you need they certainly aren’t going to compensate you [...]

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Bank Accounts Aren’t Just About Great Rates

Kyle — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:03:36 +0000

We all try to do our best to maximize the return we get on our money. It has driven an entire subsection of the banking industry to cut costs and offer online savings accounts. The rates the banks offer vary as much as the interfaces they offer for you to manage you accounts. I constantly [...]

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Can you Build a Credit History Without Getting a Credit Card

KKatz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:03:54 +0000

Recently, when visiting MyFICO.com, I looked up the question, “How do I go about building my credit history.” This website that’s the authority on credit scores gave me two options: Apply for and open a new credit card. Open a secured credit card. Wait a minute…does that mean that in order to get a credit [...]

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Bank Failures Continue to Grow

Kyle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:09:47 +0000

Back in August I wrote bank failures by the numbers at that time there had been a total of 69 banks fail in the US during 2009. Unfortunately it is time to update those stats a little and provide a little more details on what the FDIC has been up to. To date the FDIC [...]

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It’s All About Teamwork

Kyle — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:07:10 +0000

In case you missed it somewhere, football is a team sport. The quarterback cannot win the game on his own, he needs the defense, the offensive line, the receivers, running backs, and special teams to get the job done. Teams have to be cohesive and they have to work together for anything to happen. In [...]

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Understanding Your Credit Score

Kyle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:35:08 +0000

Your credit score is essentially a number which should depict the creditworthiness of any given individual. Contrary to popular belief there is more than one credit score as each vendor will typically use their own calculation to arrive at your magic number. This mystical magical number may seem unimportant early in life but can have [...]

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Managing a Checking Account

Kyle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:35:00 +0000

Saving is kind of a set it and forget it process, once you get your accounts setup and your transfers in place there isn’t much, if any, account management that needs to take place. A checking account, however, requires you to actively manage and track your funds. The most basic form of checking account management [...]

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Types of Deposit Accounts

Kyle — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:50:00 +0000

When you first start earning money it is time to get a banking account. Back in the day, and I mean way back in the day, it may have been a good idea to keep your money in a jar under the bed but at this point you really should keep your money in bank [...]

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