If this is your first time visiting, check out the story behind this blog. Otherwise, please join the others by subscribing to my RSS feed or get updates via email so you don’t miss any personal finance articles!To say the least, I have been a ??hicken nut??since childhood. I love eating chicken so [...]

The deadline for filing your taxes just passed. This means that many of us should be expected our tax refund in the coming days. It is always a weird time of the year because you usually most of us get an inflow of quite a bit of money.
If you are one of them, first you [...]

For many of us that invest in the stock market, there are many reasons to celebrate so far in April. Just look at the table below for the indexes performance so far.

April 2 Open
April 20 Close
% change

DOW
12,355
12,962
+4.91%

Nasdaq
2,425
2,526
+4.16%

S&P 500
1,421
1,484
+4.43%

As you can see, the stock market has been nothing short of spectacular so far this month, with [...]

I was on a flight with my boss from California to Georgia today, and the person at the ticket counter offered volunteers a $400 voucher since they over-booked the seats on the flight.
The bad part about this is that the next flight is flying out 4 hours later at another airport (45 minutes drive from [...]

If you go to the Maxfli website, there is an offer to get a free 2-pack of MaxFli Tour Fire golf balls.
These are supposed to be the same balls that John Daily used on tour so enjoy. This offer is obviously “while supplies last” but since this is coming straight from the maxfli site, [...]

My girlfriend and I were at a restaurant today and our waitress was not very courteous to us. We wanted an empty plate and she basically left without saying anything and just slid the plate on the table while she walked by without even stopping. This got me wondering whether or not waiters/waitresses [...]

Today is the last day to make 2006 contribution to your IRA account and I?? sure many people will take advantage of the account opening offers from brokerage firms like Etrade financial and TD Ameritrade. All I can say is, remember to read the fine print!
I was one of those lazy people that seldom reads [...]

Those that have been reading know that I had some small complains about how Etrade financial handle stock splits and spin offs. However, overall, I have been pretty satisfied with their performance. My girlfriend uses TD Ameritrade as her brokerage and IRA, and I finally convinced her last night that putting money from [...]