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A quick move to improve my Google PageRank and Technorati score
2008-02-20 09:01:00 Ok, I’ll bite as I’ve been tagged 6 times now. Everyone says it is building their Google Page Rank (currently 3/10) and Technorati Authority (currently 60 and 124,139), and I don’t want to be the party pooper. ;) I’ll check up on the PageRank and Authority later in the week to ... More About: Blogroll , Pagerank , Google Pagerank
The secret that insurance companies don?t want you to know
2008-02-19 09:01:00 Photo by: jurvetsonThe Recap A few weeks back I wrote up a post about how my car was broken into and $1500 worth of stereo and video equipment was stolen out of it. The first thing I did was call the police station, who clearly had bigger fish to fry, and just gave me ... More About: Companies , Insurance , The Secret , Secret , Debt
Straight from the horses mouth about the Economic Stimulus Plan?
2008-02-17 09:01:00 So in stumbling around today I found on the IRS website the Economic Stimulus plan layout dated Feb 15, 2008. If you’re not sure what it is, or if you’re going to get it… “…starting in May, the US Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million individuals. The stimulus payments ... More About: Taxes , Horses , Mouth , Plan
Hanks Weekly Hangouts #17 (February 16, 2008)
2008-02-16 09:01:00 Photo by: Aaron WagnerSo I made it through my own personal conspiracy theory this week; got a few inches closer to whipping up the new blog design from Jon @ freelancefolder.com and found myself pleasantly surprised to see my weekly subscriber base climb significantly. I’d have to say it was a good week for ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Taxes , Insurance
Is the federal government playing puppetmaster with your house price? Are
2008-02-15 09:01:00 Photo by: Snap@In my monthly net worth update post earlier this week I consider the fact that the federal government may be trying to coax the recession away by bumping up your house price. It would give everyone a happy feeling, possibly woo’ing them out of saving and into spending. What do ... More About: House , Government , Taxes , Interviews , Portfolio
Should I buy a loaded mutual fund?
2008-02-13 09:01:00 Photo by: Snap@My mother is not very financially savvy - and when I try to explain anything to her; it can often times take the better part of an hour. It may be her age or the fact she never had any financial education being a stay at home mom, but I like to ... More About: Retirement , Taxes , Insurance , Investing , Mutual fund
Completely new to the personal finance blogs? How about taking a free clas
2008-02-12 09:01:00 Photo by: Ian WilsonInvesting in your future through finance almost always involves investing in yourself. Do you have a financial education? Where can you get one? Well, you’re at one of the right places. Personal finance blogs are popping up all over the internet and are a great way to ... More About: Personal Finance , Finance , Free , Blogs
Monthly net worth update February 10, 2008 (+35.68%)
2008-02-11 09:02:00 As odd as it is, housing is dropping like a rock, but my house has actually done very well since last month. The 35.68% rise in my net worth is due 100% to my house value going up on all six sites I check to calculate that facet of my net worth. ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Insurance , Portfolio
Claim your StumbleUpon blog via Technorati for some POSSIBLE extra ?juice?
2008-02-10 09:01:00 Photo by: taken_spcSo I stumbled across a post on BillHartzer.com where he chatted about claiming your StumbleUpon blog through Technorati . The general consensus of his readers said that it was worth a try for an increase in traffic to the blog. It doesn’t affect any internal piece to my blog that may lead to the ... More About: Blogroll , Passive Income , Blog , Net worth
Weekly Roundup #16 (February 9, 2008)
2008-02-09 09:09:00 Photo by: sleestak66Storms hammered the Pacific Northwest again this week and the US government passed the stimulus plan to brighten everyones day - are you getting any $$$ from it? The reads that caught my eye this week were: 1. MightyBargainHunter reflected on SuperBowl ads - 2. MoneyNing lets us know how to give ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Taxes , Insurance
I bought $500 more of SWEGX in my ROTH IRA
2008-02-08 09:06:00 Photo by: Eric HernandezI am trying to fill my 2007 allotment of ROTH contributions here before the end of the year. I’m sticking with SWEGX for now - it is down, but everything is down for now. Like I wrote before, I have already put in 2k to my ROTH with Edward Jones ... More About: Portfolio , Investing , Mutual Funds , Net worth , Roth
How far has your high yield MMA/Savings account dropped its APY in the last
2008-02-07 09:11:00 Photo by: LittleGoldWomanI crafted up a list of high yield MMA and Savings accounts back in December showing the rates of the best MMA/Savings accounts out there and I chose UFB Direct as my Emergency Fund of choice. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately) they haven’t even received my initial test payment of $0.14 that I ... More About: Portfolio , Investing , Mutual Funds , Net worth , Debt
Blogged.com rated MyInvestingBlog.com in the top 3 last week
2008-02-06 09:02:00 A quick “BooYah” to MyInvestingBlog - I gotta say I feel like I’m in decent company over there. I recently got this email in the inbox and it gives a good feeling: Dear My Investing Blog Author, Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it a 9.1 score out of 10. Your blog is currently ranked ... More About: Interviews , Week
Denver financial advisor swindles 1.7MIL from teachers
2008-02-05 09:02:00 So I saw this earlier last month StumblingUpon news articles and thought it interesting because it not only shows that some financial advisors will go to any lengths to get your money, but it just gives a bad name to them in general. Granted, I haven’t found one yet that I trust (aside from ... More About: Financial , Investing , Denver , Teachers , Advisor
I just DOUBLED my Google AdSense daily revenue by spending 2 minutes cleani
2008-02-04 09:01:00 So I came across adsblacklist.com in my Stumbles last week, but had wanted to test it out before actually posting anything to my readers about it. But as it advertises, it works like a charm, and I have seen my Adsense revenues double this past week. Cleaning out the MFA (Made for Adsense) ads ... More About: Google , Daily , Blogroll , Google Adsense
What does it mean when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates? How does i
2008-02-03 09:01:00 Photo by: gerrietWe hear all this talk about how the “Feds are lowing rates again today” on the news a lot recently, and that we’re falling into a recession. But what does all that mean? How does that help me in the situation I’m in? What do I do now as ... More About: House , Retirement , Interviews , Interest Rates , Investing
Weekly Roundup #15 (February 2, 2008)
2008-02-02 09:13:00 Photo by: ricbro85Oh, it has been a good week - I had my car broken into, but alas with enough harassing to Geico, they decided to see it my way and paid for the damages that were made. I had H&R Block guest post, was in another carnival this week hosted by TheDividendGuy, and ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Taxes , Insurance
A response from H&R Block regarding my post about their tax services
2008-02-01 09:13:00 So in response to my post Should I hire an accountant or do my taxes on my own? I got a response back from Michelle Shildkret from H&R Block letting me know that I may have been making a few misconceptions about the level of service I’d get there. I’m all about giving ... More About: Services , Taxes , Post , Response
What do I do during a bear market? What do I invest in?
2008-01-30 09:13:00 Photo by: artct45If you’re between 20-40 years old, don’t do anything. Stay where you’re at, markets fluxuate. That is their nature and that should have been something you learned before you got it. If this is your first time hearing about it, don’t worry and more importantly, don’t run. Let the ... More About: Blogroll , Retirement , Portfolio , Market , Investing
Is a recession looming in the US? Should I even invest in the market durin
2008-01-29 09:13:00 Photo by: aturkusYes, the recession is looming; stock are dropping, bonds, are dropping, meaning mutual funds are dropping. China’s market is freaking out, India’s market is freaking out, and it looks like the US is hot on their tails. People say that there are only “bear” and “bull” markets, well this market to ... More About: Market , Investing , Mutual Funds , Net worth , Balance Sheet
Does my beneficiary have to pay taxes on my life insurance policy when I di
2008-01-28 09:13:00 Photo by: lyndsey_matthews Hello Hank, I see you have a Universal Life Insurance policy also. Do you know if it is taxed when I “expire”? Barney from North Carolina Hey Barney, I actually DO know the answer to that. I checked with my accountant to be 100% sure and he agreed with me that ... More About: Taxes , My Life , Investing
Has anyone been contacted by the Forbes.com Business and Financial Network?
2008-01-27 09:13:00 I got an email back in December asking me to join the Forbes .com Business and Financial Network and add 2 banners (like the one above) to the right sidebar and bottom footer image. I got an email from my contact form saying: > Hello Hank! I’m assisting [secret lady’s name] at Forbes.com with an ... More About: Net worth
Weekly Roundup #14 (January 26, 2008)
2008-01-26 09:25:00 Photo by: meyshanworldThis week wasn’t so great - the stock market was down, so investments were down, and on top of it someone broke into my car and stole my stereo, DVD/TV setup all while tearing up the inside of my car. Ugh, that’ll hit the ol’ expense book and will hinder the 4k ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Taxes , Insurance
Are you going to get $$$ with the new Economic Stimulus plan if it passes?
2008-01-25 09:07:00 Photo by: rachaelvoorheesGeorge Bush and company whipped up a plan to stimulate the economy and send much needed income back to the working man via tax rebates in 2008. The rebates, between $600 and $1200, will be issued and sent out by June 1, 2008. The one-time tax rebates are in an effort ... More About: Debt , Economic , Compensation , Plan
Is PayPerPost worth your time to build another income stream? Or is it lik
2008-01-24 09:13:00 Photo by: goetterI know, I know, you’re asking, “Hank, how does this type of post fit in your blogging niche of personal finance?” Well, quite frankly, I’ve stumbled across and had a few of these ideas myself to improve parts of my blog, but I haven’t posted (except this one) about them. I want to ... More About: Interviews , Portfolio , Passive Income , Time , Giveaways
My car got broken into this weekend and they stole $1500 of stuff; did my i
2008-01-23 09:13:00 Photo by: joeshlabotnikSo I live at the end of a cul de sac and it is a relatively new development so no thought was put into lighting it up apparently and this weekend my car was sitting in my driveway and someone popped the back window out with a screwdriver, breaking the window. The ... More About: Insurance , Stuff , Weekend , Debt , Broken
Do you still clip coupons? Do you ever get any of them online?
2008-01-22 09:13:00 Photo by: ninjapoodlesI grew up clipping every single food coupon from every single paper we could find. We’d ping our neighbors and relatives if we saw something worth clipping that didn’t have a limit on the number of coupons. We often times walk into the grocery store with a coupon for every item. ... More About: Coupons , Clip , Online , Debt , Compensation
The 401k debit card? You?ve GOT to be kidding, right? Nope.
2008-01-21 09:13:00 Photo by: danperry.comI heard a friend talking about this the other day as being an offering at his place of employment, and I was actually waiting, after he introduced the idea, for the punchline to the joke; but there was none. It REALLY is a product! I did some more research to be ... More About: Retirement , Card , Portfolio , Kidding , Investing
A new way to make money online; courtesy of Microsoft?
2008-01-20 09:13:00 Photo by: A Fighting FaithNo, I’m not talking about the ol’ “Bill Gates will send you money if you forward this email” spoof. I am talking about Microsoft ’s Usability Research team. Clearly Microsoft has a lot of new products that need testing, and it can’t all be done in house; they need a larger audience ... More About: Blogroll , Money , Passive Income , Make Money
Weekly Roundup #13 (January 19, 2008)
More articles from this author:2008-01-19 09:13:00 Photo by: matangueroThis week I found myself fighting back the elusive CPU quota exceeded errors I was getting from Bluehost.com because I was getting a lot of hits from the Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance and “Why is it taboo to talk salary?” posts I tossed out this week. I like it because of ... More About: House , Blogroll , Retirement , Taxes , Insurance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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