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Always keep $100 in your checking account

November 1, 2010

Hidey ho my financial friends! Today I’d like to talk about checking accounts. In particular, PADDING your accounts so you don’t make a jack ass out of yourself – something I was pretty good at back in the day ;) Example #1: Bringing my 2-week supply of groceries to the check out lane, only to [...]

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How Bank of America Made Me Bald

October 21, 2010

(This is a guest post from my brother,T. Penny.) If I had hair, I’d pull it out. In fistfuls. Until all that’s left is a pink hue and a snow-white scalp freckled with black dots where hair used to be. Mark my words, Sexy readers, a recent experience with the bastardly Bank of America made me want to pull whatever [...]

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Tip #397: Hide your money from yourself

October 1, 2010

This is a tip that I never really thought worked, but starting to realize its benefits. I first read about it in my boy Alan Corey’s book , A Million Bucks by 30, and for whatever reason it was the one main thing that stuck in my mind :)  That, and realizing I’d never hit [...]

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USAA Top Secret Tools Comin’ at Ya!

July 29, 2010

Top secret until I spill it all here, of course ;) As I mentioned on Sunday, the USAA crew flew a handful of us bloggers out there to give us a sneak peak on some of their new products. And let me tell you, USAA Headquarters = WOW. That place is PIMP!  Like, the Google [...]

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Whatcha Know About ING & Their Sub-Accounts?

March 10, 2010

How many of you guys use ING? I have an account myself, but I still have yet to play with their sub-accounts.They sound freakin’ awesome though! I kinda remember hearing about them before I started blogging (and if you google it all your favorite bloggers show up at the top), but the idea that you [...]

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6 Questions to Financially Get to Know Each Other

January 27, 2010

Let’s get to know each other some more :) I filled out this questionnaire for a series Automatic Finances put together recently (he interviewed a few of us bloggers), but I thought it would be a great discussion tool for us too. After all, we see each other almost every day, yes? If you’d like [...]

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The 11th Reason Credit Unions Kick Ass.

January 13, 2010

I know I’ve been on a Credit Union kick lately, but I can’t help myself. There are just so many benefits! Regardless if you buy into the whole “move your money” movement or not, it’s still good to know we as consumers have options. Jim @ Bargaineering had an excellent list of 10 reasons why [...]

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The "Move Your Money" Movement.

January 4, 2010

Have you heard of this “Move Your Money” movement? I don’t know if I’m getting emotionally tricked by the video or not (see below), but this has really inspired me! It’s all about moving your money OUT of “too big to fail” banks, and INTO local community banks and/or credit unions – places I’m already [...]

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First Premier Bank: Shove your 79.9% APR Credit Card.

October 15, 2009

I know this economy ain’t the greatest, but pushing 79.9% interest rates? Come on now, that’s just f*cked up. Would YOU sign up to such an asinine credit card? Would you hand one out to your kids or own mother? I doubt it. Whether people are falling for it or not, you can’t feel good [...]

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The Internet Transformed Banking & Gave Us Options!

October 8, 2009

We’re all used to online savings accounts and banking now, but remember what it was like pre-internet? When we had to literally walk INTO a bank to get anything done? Or when we had to fill out 15 pages of paperwork and show 13 ID’s just to create an account? Well the times have changed [...]

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