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New Post: Costco Membership Changes (Extended Hours, Self-Checkout Improvements, New Credits)
Costco Membership Changes (Extended Hours, Self-Checkout Improvements, New Credits)
Costco has been making several changes recently, and it’s not just the new hours. As someone who has recently joined Sam’s Club, it is interesting to see how the competition between them has actually made them both better. All Members Using hand scanner to quickly zap at Self-Checkout. Although Costco does not (yet?) use the […]
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June 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
New Post: Costco Membership Changes (Extended Hours, Self-Checkout Improvements, New Credits)
New Post: Self-Paced CFP: Insurance Planning Highlights and Self-Paced Study Experiences
Self-Paced CFP: Insurance Planning Highlights and Self-Paced Study Experiences
Finally… I passed the “Insurance Planning” course for my University of Georgia Self-Paced CFP class. That’s only #2 out of the 7 topics, but here are a few quick observations so far: After trying a couple of times… 😅 I was not able to pass the course exams without studying the course materials first. You […]
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June 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
New Post: Self-Paced CFP: Insurance Planning Highlights and Self-Paced Study Experiences
New Post: CIT Bank eChecking Promo: $100 Bonus (New and Existing Customers)
CIT Bank eChecking Promo: $100 Bonus (New and Existing Customers)
CIT Bank has a new promo for their eChecking account. Their eChecking has a minimum opening deposit of $100, no minimum balance, and no monthly service fee. The interest rate is low (0.10% on balances under $25,000), but a checking account can be a handy addition to savings accounts as they offer unlimited withdrawals and/or […]
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June 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New Post: CIT Bank eChecking Promo: $100 Bonus (New and Existing Customers)
New Post: Buy $100 Apple Gift Card, Get $10 Target Gift Card Free
Buy $100 Apple Gift Card, Get $10 Target Gift Card Free
Deal is back again through 6/15. Get a $10 Target GiftCard with $100 Apple Gift Card purchase. A simple deal if you plan to buy any Apple products/services in the future (and have a free Target Circle membership). While supplies last. May be able to get more in-store. Stack with the 5% back via Target […]
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June 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New Post: Buy $100 Apple Gift Card, Get $10 Target Gift Card Free
New Post: Top 10 Best Credit Card Bonus Offers – June 2025 (Updated)
Top 10 Best Credit Card Bonus Offers – June 2025 (Updated)
Updated June 2025. That space in your wallet or purse is valuable, and you should be the one to get that value. By being smart and picky, you can find offers worth $500+ for a single card, all to encourage you to apply and try it out. This adds up to thousands of dollars in […]
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June 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New Post: Top 10 Best Credit Card Bonus Offers – June 2025 (Updated)
New Post: Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card Review: 5 Free Nights (50k Points Each)
Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card Review: 5 Free Nights (50k Points Each)
Improved offer. The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless credit card is one of the co-branded rewards card for Marriott hotels (including the 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy® resulting from the merger of Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott). Here are the highlights: Earn 5 Free Night Awards (each night valued up to 50,000 points) after spending $5,000 […]
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June 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New Post: Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card Review: 5 Free Nights (50k Points Each)
New Post: IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card Review: 5 Free Nights (60k Points Each)
IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card Review: 5 Free Nights (60k Points Each)
Improved offer. The IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card is the premium IHG hotel co-branded card that includes special IHG perks like a free night award every year you keep the card, Elite status, and every 4th award night free. Here are the highlights: 5 Free Nights (worth up to 60,000 IHG points each) after […]
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June 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New Post: IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card Review: 5 Free Nights (60k Points Each)
New Post: Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – June 2025
Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – June 2025
Here’s my monthly survey of the best interest rates on cash as of June 2025, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. Banks and brokerages love taking advantage of our idle cash, and you can often earning more money while keeping the same level of safety by moving to another FDIC-insured bank or NCUA-insured credit […]
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June 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New Post: Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – June 2025
New Post: Summer Reading Programs for Kids 2025: Book It, Barnes & Noble, and More
Summer Reading Programs for Kids 2025: Book It, Barnes & Noble, and More
Help encourage your kids to read this summer with the following free programs that offer some small incentives if they complete a reading goal and/or challenge: Book It! Summer (Free Personal Pizza) – “Use the BOOK IT!® Mobile App to set goals, track progress, and redeem rewards. During the summer months of June, July, and […]
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June 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New Post: Summer Reading Programs for Kids 2025: Book It, Barnes & Noble, and More
New Post: YMCA Free Summer Memberships For Teens (Nationwide but Targeted)
YMCA Free Summer Memberships For Teens (Nationwide but Targeted)
Parent of a teen? It can be tricky to find a place for your young teens in the summer time. Check your local YMCA chapter as many are offering free summer YMCA membership for teens. Some are for specific grades, like entering 7th or 8th graders. Here are some example locations: YMCA Dayton (Ohio) YMCA […]
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June 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Post: YMCA Free Summer Memberships For Teens (Nationwide but Targeted)
New Post: Planet Fitness High School Summer Pass 2025: Free Gym Membership For Teens
Planet Fitness High School Summer Pass 2025: Free Gym Membership For Teens
Planet Fitness is running the High School Summer Pass again in 2025, which is a free gym membership for teens ages 14-19 to work out at any of its more than 2,500+ locations throughout the US and Canada. Valid from Saturday, June 1 through Saturday, August 31. Participants must work out at the location they […]
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June 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Post: Planet Fitness High School Summer Pass 2025: Free Gym Membership For Teens
New Post: Bilt Mastercard: Rent Rewards w/ Any Landlord (June 1st Rent Day / Accor Hotels Transfer Bonus)
Bilt Mastercard: Rent Rewards w/ Any Landlord (June 1st Rent Day / Accor Hotels Transfer Bonus)
Update for Rent Day 6/1. For Rent Day on 5/1, Bilt Rewards is offering the following additional perks. If you are a renter, this program offers steady stream of free monthly points and a variety of promotional perks. They also recently announced a change to their rent payment system that adds a pre-approval step in […]
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May 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New Post: Bilt Mastercard: Rent Rewards w/ Any Landlord (June 1st Rent Day / Accor Hotels Transfer Bonus)
New Post: Groupon: Costco New Membership $65 w/ $50 Costco Shop Gift Card
Groupon: Costco New Membership $65 w/ $50 Costco Shop Gift Card
Groupon has a limited-time deal on new Costco Gold Star or Executive Memberships. There are two options. Offer expires June 22, 2025. $65 for Gold Star Membership Package 1-year Gold Star Membership (normally $65 by itself) Membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over […]
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May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New Post: Groupon: Costco New Membership $65 w/ $50 Costco Shop Gift Card
New Post: Merrill Edge + BofA Preferred Rewards = Up to $1,000 ACAT Transfer Bonus, Improved Credit Card Rewards
Merrill Edge + BofA Preferred Rewards = Up to $1,000 ACAT Transfer Bonus, Improved Credit Card Rewards
Updated May 2025. Merrill Edge is the self-directed brokerage arm formed after Bank of America and Merrill Lynch merged together. They are currently offering an increased cash bonus of up to $1,000 for moving “new money” or assets over to them from another brokerage firm. The offer code is 1000PR. Offer valid for both new […]
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May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New Post: Merrill Edge + BofA Preferred Rewards = Up to $1,000 ACAT Transfer Bonus, Improved Credit Card Rewards
New Post: Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Card Review: 2% Cash Back for First Year (Up to 3.12% With Preferred Rewards)
Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Card Review: 2% Cash Back for First Year (Up to 3.12% With Preferred Rewards)
New limited-time offer. The Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Card is the most simple, straightforward, no-annual-fee credit card in the Bank of America line-up. If you are a Preferred Rewards client, you can increase the cash back earned by 25% to 75%. Right, they are also offering a special offer during the first year. […]
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May 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New Post: Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Card Review: 2% Cash Back for First Year (Up to 3.12% With Preferred Rewards)
New Post: Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Card Review: 6% Cash Back in One Category for First Year (Up to 8.25% with Preferred Rewards)
Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Card Review: 6% Cash Back in One Category for First Year (Up to 8.25% with Preferred Rewards)
New limited-time offer. The Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Credit Card is the “3-2-1” cash back rewards credit card in the Bank of America line-up. If you are a Preferred Rewards client, you can increase the cash back earned by 25% to 75%. Right, they are also offering a special offer during the first […]
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May 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New Post: Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Card Review: 6% Cash Back in One Category for First Year (Up to 8.25% with Preferred Rewards)
New Post: CIT Bank Platinum Savings $225/$300 Bonus + 4.10% APY (New and Existing Customers)
CIT Bank Platinum Savings $225/$300 Bonus + 4.10% APY (New and Existing Customers)
Last call: This offer will end 5/27/2025. Update 5/5/25: I successfully received my $300 deposit bonus on top of the normal interest within the 60 days of deposit (actually 56 calendar days). I held for 60 days for simplicity, but other readers have confirmed the bonus arrived after only the stated 30-day minimum hold. This […]
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May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New Post: CIT Bank Platinum Savings $225/$300 Bonus + 4.10% APY (New and Existing Customers)
New Post: More Details on Warren Buffett Stepping Back
More Details on Warren Buffett Stepping Back
I’m not sure how many of you follow Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway closely, but here are a couple of significant updates as a follow-up to the 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting where he announced that he was stepping down as CEO at the end of 2025: WSJ: Warren Buffett Reveals He Stepped Down After Finally […]
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May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New Post: More Details on Warren Buffett Stepping Back
New Post: Aeroplan® Credit Card Review: 75,000 Bonus Points (Worth $937 in Travel)
Aeroplan® Credit Card Review: 75,000 Bonus Points (Worth $937 in Travel)
Improved offer. The Aeroplan® Card is the Air Canada co-branded credit card for US customers, issued by Chase. If you fly Air Canada regularly, this card makes the experience better in many different ways. If you don’t fly Air Canada regularly, you can still use the new Pay Yourself Back feature where Aeroplan points can […]
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May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New Post: Aeroplan® Credit Card Review: 75,000 Bonus Points (Worth $937 in Travel)
New Post: Big List of 529 College Savings Plan Promotions: 529 Day 5/29 2025
Big List of 529 College Savings Plan Promotions: 529 Day 5/29 2025
College savings plans that are looking to grow assets tend to have promotions on May 29th, aka “529 Day”. I started gathering up these bonuses from various plans even before having kids, and eventually consolidated them into one single plan. The bonus amounts tend to be pretty modest, and transfers do involve extra legwork, so […]
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May 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New Post: Big List of 529 College Savings Plan Promotions: 529 Day 5/29 2025
New Post: Webull Brokerage: Deposit Promos, Free WSJ Subscription, 3.5% IRA Match w/ Premium
Webull Brokerage: Deposit Promos, Free WSJ Subscription, 3.5% IRA Match w/ Premium
Brokerage app Webull is running a “7 Years of Webull” anniversary promo (full terms) that includes some decent bonuses that are stackable. This offer is targeted at selected existing customers who have a funded account as of 5/20/25. Check your app or desktop account if you didn’t get a notification. Offer #1: 30 Days of […]
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May 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New Post: Webull Brokerage: Deposit Promos, Free WSJ Subscription, 3.5% IRA Match w/ Premium
New Post: MYGA Fixed Annuity Warning: Choosing The Highest Rate Can Be Stressful
MYGA Fixed Annuity Warning: Choosing The Highest Rate Can Be Stressful
I’ve written a little about about Multi-year guaranteed annuity (MYGA) fixed deferred annuities in the past, and I actually bought one as one of my “$10,000 Experiments” way back in 2015. I bought the MYGA with the highest available interest rate at the time from a company called Sentinel Security Life. Owning a MYGA is […]
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May 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New Post: MYGA Fixed Annuity Warning: Choosing The Highest Rate Can Be Stressful
New Post: Check the Cost Basis Tracking in Your Brokerage Account
Check the Cost Basis Tracking in Your Brokerage Account
When you sell your shares of stocks/ETFs/mutual funds in a taxable brokerage account, your broker will also record the specific shares and the original value at purchase (cost basis) at which you bought them. Even if you don’t expect to sell your shares very often, it can still be important how you set the cost […]
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May 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New Post: Check the Cost Basis Tracking in Your Brokerage Account
New Post: US Bank Self-Directed Brokerage: Enabling Automatic Dividend Reinvestment
US Bank Self-Directed Brokerage: Enabling Automatic Dividend Reinvestment
For those that are newer members of the US Bank checking/savings/credit card/brokerage ecosystem, most likely for the up to 4% cash back rewards from their Smartly credit card (current terms for new applicants are poor, but the grandfathered terms are still excellent), you may choose to park some assets in their self-directed brokerage arm in […]
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May 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
New Post: US Bank Self-Directed Brokerage: Enabling Automatic Dividend Reinvestment
New Post: Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – May 2025
Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – May 2025
Here’s my monthly survey of the best interest rates on cash as of May 2025, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. Banks love taking advantage of our idle cash, and you can often earning more money while keeping the same level of safety by moving to another FDIC-insured bank or NCUA-insured credit union. Check […]
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May 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New Post: Best Interest Rates Survey: Savings Accounts, Treasuries, CDs, Money Markets, ETFs – May 2025