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December 22nd Friday Five – Sick As A Dog Edition

December 22nd Friday Five – Sick As A Dog Edition

Well whatever my wife had I now have, and have it worse. Certainly no fun being sick for the holidays. Regardless, here are five good reads from the past week: 10 Common Investor Mistakes – Binary Dollar takes a look at some of the most common investor mistakes. What If You Have No Credit History? [...]

Changing Our Calendar Could Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Changing Our Calendar Could Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

At least according to Richard Conn Henry it could. Our current Gregorian calendar has been widely adopted and in use since the 1500′s, so why change it? He goes on to argue about the time that is lost due to the annual need to change schedules (he is a Professor) and date information on course [...]

Question For The Readers: What Are You Doing With Your Year-End Bonus?

Question For The Readers: What Are You Doing With Your Year-End Bonus?

According to this article over at Yahoo 80% of employers are offering bonus incentives this year as opposed to only 51% in 1991. This means a majority of employees will be receiving some sort of additional incentives this year. So are you receiving any sort of bonus this year? If so, what do you plan [...]

TD Ameritrade Finally Updates Their Online Mutual Fund Ordering System

TD Ameritrade Finally Updates Their Online Mutual Fund Ordering System

I have been hearing from brokers and customer service representatives over at TD Ameritrade that their mutual fund order system on the website would be changing soon for the past few months. This morning I logged into my account and sure enough, they have finally made the changes. The change is minor and doesn’t affect [...]