Archive for October, 2009
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Caught this in a tweet from Wise Bread:
Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month
The target of new fees for credit card issuers is people who haven't paid them yet, among others. I mean, why should people who carry a balance, miss payments, or go ...
Posted in Commentary, Credit | 5 Comments »
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Sun's Financial Diary reported that the 2010 contribution limit for 401(k) accounts will remain at $16,500. The announcement came from the IRS Thursday. There had been speculation that the contribution limit could be reduced in light of a decreasing CPI (and, indeed, the CPI is down from a year ago.)
Sun ...
Posted in Retirement, Saving | 6 Comments »
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
At lunch yesterday I saw this: Now even God takes credit cards! The article lists a number of new (or relatively new) places that have come to accept plastic for payment, and number 2 on the list was churches. Some churches now have debit- and credit-card kiosks for charging a ...
Posted in Biblical Finance, Credit | 8 Comments »
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Here are some posts this week that made my happy day:
Free Money Finance asks if you missed the ride up. (Yes I did, but I also missed part of the ride down that immediately preceded it.)
Get Rich Slowly chats about Dow 10,000 and other nonsense.
Five Cent Nickel (with a fresh ...
Posted in Roundups | 3 Comments »
