I am all for learning from new experiences. I seek out new things to get my hands dirty with all the time, but this weekend, I was able to experience one of those things that no one seeks out or ever wants to – bank closure. Late Friday night while I was thinking about investing [...]

Over the past few weeks I’ve hinted at the fact that I am unofficially a college graduate. The ceremony isn’t till next month, then I will be an official graduate. So today I wanted to discuss something that goes hand in hand with college, student loans. Student loans are a double edge sword and not [...]

People are pretty stupid. You have to admit it, the human race as a whole is not something to be proud of. Sure we have the philosophers and greats throughout history but they are few and far between. Here are five ways being stupid can cost you money. Speeding. This should be pretty obvious but [...]

Today I will give Lending Club a good thorough review. I had signed up actually a few weeks ago but did not take the time to figure the thing out completely and fund a loan. After reading everyone on the web reviewing Lending Club, I thought I would give it a go and finish the [...]

Updated October 4, 2009 with new interest rates. The recession is becoming more and more present every day as lives are changed and financial situations are completely flipped upside down . Those of us still seeking returns for our savings are looking towards the less traditional methods of saving such as online savings accounts. Among [...]