Weekend Deals – Discounts & Cash Bonuses

Deals and promotions keep popping up lately, I’m guessing partly because it’s close to the end of the year and businesses are making a push to meet or exceed their goals for the year. I’m sure part of it has to do with Christmas deals for the upcoming shopping rush.  Here are some of the promotions […]

Home Buyer Tax Credits Are Working??!!

The first time home buyer tax credits in 2009 didn’t really interest us that much since we’ve owned our home for just under ten years now.  However, the latest version of the bill now includes a tax credit through 2010 for homeowners who have lived in the same place for five of the last eight years consecutively. This new […]

Reverse Mortgages for Seniors

If you or your parents have lived in your home for many years and have built up a lot of equity in the property you may have heard about or considered a reverse mortgage as a potential source of income during retirement. There seems to be a wide divide in opinions on whether reverse mortgages […]

PTMoney – Personal Finance by Phil Taylor

This week I recommend you check out PT Money, written by Phil Taylor (PT). His blog focuses on his own experiences managing money and he has help from his super frugal wife, too! I first ran across Phil when he was part of the FNBO Direct Pay Yourself First money challenge, here’s his video entry […]

Open Enrollment Deadlines

Open enrollment deadlines are one date you don’t want to miss.  Choosing the best insurance options and benefits at your job is an important part of your personal finances. Open Enrollment Window October and November are the time when many companies have open enrollment, a time period during which you can make changes to your […]

College Savings Accounts for a Bad Economy

Many parents and students see college as the bridge between this life and a better one. While more and more kids are heading off to college, many are struggling with how they’re going to pay for it. While a recent study conducted by Fidelity Investments in California indicates that more parents have started some type […]

Investing and College Savings – October Review

Investing was the main topic covered here on Money Smart Life in October with an emphasis on bonds.  We haven’t talked all that much about how bonds fit into an investment portfolio so I decided to take spend a few days covering bonds. Investing Topics Victor started out the the basics of investing in bonds and […]

TradeKing Promotion Extended

The TradeKing promotion has been extended through the end of this month. For some reason, TradeKing likes to run thier promotions in the fall of each year.  Last October Tradeking ran a $50 bonus promotion and despite the turmoil of the stock market had a lot of people sign up to try out their online brokerage. This […]

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