Lowering My Fidelity Commission Level
Fidelity offers three commission levels depending on how many trades you do per year and/or the total across all your Fidelity accounts. The default rate that everyone qualifies for is…
HSBC Online Savings and Me
I found HSBC's online account setup for their Online Savings account a little better than EmigrantDirect's process but it was not without glitches for me. The initial online application was…
HSBC OnlineSavings
I am in an account opening just applied for my HSBC OnlineSavings account which carries a $35 sign-up bonus for the rest of the month. I wasn't going to do…
Book Review: Back From the Land
Back from the Land: How young Americans went to Nature in the 1970's and Why they came back. This book was a most interesting read, and everything I expected. Sometimes…
22% Lower Cable/Phone/Internet
LaLa finally made the call last week to cancel our Digital Vision service from the cable portion of our telecomm service. This will save us about $12 a month going…
Should I Dump RCN Digital Vision?
So now that I have been looking at every little charge on my telecomm bill and looking for charges to axe, I became very interested in exactly what channels are…
$240 Off Telecomm for 12 Months
"Just ask" indeed! Armed with the simple "how to" on MyMoneyBlog, inspired by several past posts (specifically at BudgetingBabe and StopBuyingCrap), and today's carnival post about using competitive offers as…
My Missing Money
A couple of months ago, I found myself on the MissingMoney site. It's a searchable database of abandoned property throughout the US. On a lark, I searched on my name…
Teach a Woman to Fish
Today I had my first Rainbow Trout fish, broiled with lemon juice, salt and pepper. It was delicious! Surfgirl is a passionate fisherman and loves to catch trout to bring…
So…are we suckers?
Flexo drew my attention to Ted Rall's article on Yahoo: Charities are for Suckers in which the author claims: Cutting a check to the Red Cross isn't just a vote…