Sallie Mae Bank is yet another option for our savings, and initially, I thought the yield wasn’t high enough to justify talking about it. However, with the competition all recently dropping rates, it’s time to take a look. The Standards Offering of Sallie Mae Bank I don’t want to bore you with the standard fluff, […]
After 10 months, and multiple 5 figures invested with Lending Club, here are more thoughts on this alternative investment. I’ve been thinking about and gathering notes for this article for a while now. Partly because many of you actually wrote to me with questions after my initial Lending Club review, and also because of the […]
Do you get a little pissed when the high yield savings account rates go down the minute you sign up? I do. It’s no secret that institutions are dropping interest rates like fighter jets in World War II, but for what reason? Sure, everyone talks about the record low federal reserve funds rates but despite […]
Scottrade is one of the more established discount stock brokers in the industry, but I have to give them another praise after what happened since I wrote a review about them. This article outlines why Scottrade brings customer service to the next level, and what the brokerage firm offers.
TradeMonster is another player in the already very crowded online broker industry. Launched in October 2008 (I know, the best timing ever), this stock broker hopes to capture traders with a more intuitive trading platform that just makes sense. There are some TradeMonster promotion codes floating out there but is it worth our time otherwise? […]
Ally Bank have been controversial from the beginning. The indirect link to General Motors didn’t help. The commercials were debatable (although I personally thought they were hilarious) and the FDIC pressuring them to lower interest rates just added oil to the fire. On top of all that, the advertisements were everywhere. Online ads, commercials printed […]
