With the recent downturn in the stock market investors have started to turn towards high interest CDs and money market accounts. Unfortunately interest rates have come down significantly. You are lucky if you can find interest rates over 2% on a one year CD. Read more

You can get paid for your old cell phone. If you are like me you have lots of old cell phones laying around collecting dust. It’s time to turn them into cash.
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Coupon websites help you save money when you purchase online and at your local store. These sites are not gimmicks, they really do help you save. Most of them are going to get a cut of what you purchase but that’s just the way these things work. Make sure you use the coupons for something you were already going to buy. Don’t be lured into buying something that isn’t in your budget just because it’s on sale. Read more

It kills me every time I see someone paying with cash or check. I always have to bite my tongue when I’m behind someone at the grocery store that is writing a check for their groceries. Why, I wonder, are you throwing your money away? Now there is the occasional circumstance where the person that chooses to pay with cash or check is doing so because they can’t handle having a credit card. Read more

Most of us aren’t paying attention to the special benefits we could be receiving from our checking accounts. The big banks are competing and one special offer that we all need to sign up for is interest paying checking accounts. There is free money out there just waiting to be deposited into your checking account. All you have to do is sign up for it. Read more

PNC is running a offer that will pay $1 for each qualifying purchase you make from now through May 31st, 2009 (Limit $75). To qualify you must open your checking account and qualify for their PNC Bank Visa card. Read more about the details at PNC’s website. Read more

If your credit card debt is high and you are getting killed on the interest it’s time to make a change. There are plenty of credit cards out there that offer 0% interest on balance transfers for 6-12 months. Don’t keep paying high interest when you can pay no interest. Just be ready to transfer your Read more