Archive for the ‘finance’ Category


so, do i do MORE ‘bank roulette’?

January 9, 2008

i've done more money-moving in the past few months. i'm currently set up with the following: checking account at lake michigan credit union; 5% checking account at 5/3 online savings account at HSBC direct; 4.25% 3 month CD at 5/3 (which is why i still have the checking account there too); coming due in ...

more bank roulette

June 9, 2007

the financial setup i outlined in this past post is no more. i got rid of my 5/3 money market acct this morning. i got my email statement yesterday and the account's interest rate had dropped in half out of nowhere, putting it at a pathetic .27%. granted, i only had ...

another financial step

May 28, 2007

i finally got around to setting up a td ameritrade account using suze's "save yourself" plan. i'm going to put at least $50 a month in there for a year, and then once i get the $100 bonus next may (for doing 12 months of $50 deposits), i'll invest it ...

cool website i found…

March 18, 2007

morningstar's investing classroom. you do "lessons" - usually a few short pages (3 paragraphs or so) of info and a 5 question quiz (a point per correct answer). once you get 790 points, you get 60 free days of premium access to their site. considering my project for finance class in ...

now i’m like a bank “day trader”

January 20, 2007

according to my mom. and for it, i blame my suze discovery a few years ago. this is why she thinks that: * my checking acct is at 5/3 (with branches everywhere around here.) * i have a money market acct at 5/3. this USED to be my "big" savings account, but the ...