(This is a guest article by Alban Guillemot.) A favorite point of contention with voters the world over is to chastise their governments for their spending and inevitable budget deficits. However, before we start throwing stones at government spending, it is worth taking a look at the glass houses many nations have built around themselves [...]
Archive for 2010
The World’s Worst Debtors
Posted 19 September 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Credit Card Solicitations, “Professional” Accounts, and the WSJ
Posted 9 August 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Credit cards | Leave a Comment
Here’s another chance to get your name in lights as part of an article in the Wall Street Journal. The same reporter who left a comment seeking feedback regarding Citi’s introduction of a $60 annual fee to many of their credit cards is now seeking feedback for a similar topic. Jessica, a reporter for the [...]
Your Most-Important Investment
Posted 31 July 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Education | 2 Comments
What’s the most important investment product that you own? Shares of GE? Apple? An index or bond fund? Your house? Nope There’s an investment product out there that’s far more important than any of those. In fact, it’s such a monumental investment that it makes any stock certificate look like a lifeless, meaningless piece of [...]
WTDirect Savings – Up to $500 Bonus Available
Posted 21 May 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Savings | Comments Off
WTDirect Savings is currently running a promotional offer in which you can earn up to a $500 bonus. The bonus is easy to earn, but the potential hurdle is that you need a chunk of existing cash in order to earn the full bonus. Link to Promotional Offer Earning the bonus is simple – for [...]
Advice on Choosing a First Credit Card
Posted 16 May 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Credit cards | Comments Off
I recently had an exchange with an old friend of mine named Spencer, who is finishing college and interested in acquiring his first credit card. He writes: I was writing to ask your advice on Credit Cards. I know that you are a credit master, and I’m finally looking at getting my first card. I’ve [...]
Closing an HSBC Direct (Advance) Account
Posted 1 March 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Banking | 2 Comments
Continuing my recent string of account closings as part of my grand plan to simplify my savings account setup, I just closed my HSBC Direct Advance account. Doing so was was easy, and did not require a phone call. If you want to close your account online, all you have to do is log in [...]
Savings Account Simplification
Posted 28 February 2010 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Banking, Savings | 1 Comment
Since I finally decided to close my FNBO Direct account, I’ve been thinking a lot about the multitude of savings accounts that I’ve created over the last few years. Most of them are now idle, practically abandoned with only a penny, or maybe a dollar in them. Many of them I opened for some promotional [...]
