Tag Archives: finance

I have no idea what I bought last week

Dammit. I failed at the final week of Experiment No. 1. Chock it up to laziness or busy-ness or just plain lack of will, whatever the reason, I’m not sure how much money I spent in the last few days or what I spent it on.
What I’ll do to make up for this egregious error [...]

SmartyPig, you are sweet

E*Trade sent me a sad email earlier this month. My annual interest rate, which had hovered around 2.5 percent, has shriveled to 0.95 percent - a significant, upsetting reduction.
I decided to shop around for better deals. There really weren’t many. Most banks have lowered their rates in recent months, even for online-only accounts (thanks, crappy [...]