TrueEarnings Costco American Express Credit Card Review
Sun, 03/14/10 | 2 Comments

I’ve been a Costco member for 5 years and right around the time that my wife and I started shopping there, we signed up for our primary credit card, the TrueEarnings® Card from Costco and …

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Reader Question: Bank of America Closing my Account After I Opted out of a Rate Increase
Sun, 01/3/10 | 13 Comments
Reader Question: Bank of America Closing my Account After I Opted out of a Rate Increase

Credit Card Companies Scrambling to Raise Rates Before the Credit Card Reform Act Kicks in
With the Credit Card Reform Act kicking in this year, card companies have been reportedly looking for excuses to increase interest …

Best 20SomethingFinance Posts of 2009
Thu, 12/31/09 | 3 Comments
Best 20SomethingFinance Posts of 2009

Hi 20SF’ers. This will be the final post of 2009. It’s been a fantastic year (the second full year), and I’m very excited about where things are heading with the site in 2010.
20somethingfinance has grown …

2010 Financial Resolution Guide: 10 Choices – A La Carte Style
Tue, 12/29/09 | 10 Comments
2010 Financial Resolution Guide: 10 Choices – A La Carte Style

Looking for Financial Resolutions that you can Actually Stick to this Year?
If anyone knows how hard it is to stick to resolutions, it’s me. If I had a dollar for every time that I vowed …

2010 IRS Maximum Allowed Roth & Traditional IRA Contribution Limits
Mon, 12/28/09 | 3 Comments
2010 IRS Maximum Allowed Roth & Traditional IRA Contribution Limits

The Deadlines for your 2009 and 2010 IRA Contributions
As we roll into tax time, it’s important to know how much you are able to contribute to your IRA’s in both 2009 and 2010 and the …

The 12 Best Songs About Money. EVER.
Thu, 12/24/09 | 11 Comments
The 12 Best Songs About Money. EVER.

The Best Songs About Money
When I awoke this morning, like a flash of lightening, I thought, “how about writing a post that combines two of everyone’s favorite things – money, and music.”
I know I’m …

The Average American’s Holiday Spending will Drop. What About Yours?
Mon, 12/21/09 | 8 Comments
The Average American’s Holiday Spending will Drop. What About Yours?

What is the Average Holiday Spend?
According to the National Retail Federation, the average American was expected to spend an average of $682 this year on Holiday gifts versus $705 last year (a 3% decline year-over-year).
Interestingly …

The 3 Questions you MUST Ask Yourself Before Reading Another Personal Finance Post
Sun, 12/20/09 | 13 Comments
The 3 Questions you MUST Ask Yourself Before Reading Another Personal Finance Post

If you’re reading any post on a personal finance blog, the odds are that you are trying to achieve a goal through the means of money. But you may be wasting a whole heck of …

Around the PF Blogosphere & Welcome GetRichSlowly and Mint.com Visitors
Wed, 12/16/09 | 4 Comments
Around the PF Blogosphere & Welcome GetRichSlowly and Mint.com Visitors

Welcome to new visitors from GetRichSlowly and Mint.com. For the regulars -
I just posted on JD Roth’s blog , Get rich Slowly, today – How I Cut my Comcast Cable Bill by 33% Without Losing …