Archive for January, 2010
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
This Huffington Post article puts a big spotlight on all of the money that credit card companies and banks are making by being the broker of donations to charities that support rescue and aid over in Haiti:
About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated organizations ...
Posted in Banking, Charitable Giving, Commentary, Credit | 6 Comments »
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
My daughter turned five Wednesday. Like a snap of the fingers, it seems. (She really needs to quit growing up so fast!)
Here are some links of interest from this past week:
Sweating the Big Stuff debates how to use the second half of his signing bonus windfall.
The Balanced Spreadsheet discusses how ...
Posted in Roundups | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Once in a while at work I hear one of my coworkers talking about their retirement portfolios, usually about how badly it's been hit the past couple of years.
One particular time I was cleaning out my lunch dishes and was overhearing a friend and another coworker talking. Her portfolio had ...
Posted in Retirement | 6 Comments »
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
As I mentioned in the roundup, we all were at my wife's oceanside quilting retreat. I came down to watch my daughter for the weekend, and our main activity on Saturday was going to the Virginia Aquarium.
It was quite a treat: 700,000 gallons of aquarium as well as sprinklings of ...
Posted in Coins | 3 Comments »
