March 17, 2010 by admin | No Comments
Lending Club, the a peer-to-peer lending company in the United States, has surpassed $1 billion in loan demand from borrowers and has hit a new monthly record for loan demand during the truncated month of February.
The California-based peer-to-peer lending company recently issued their 10,000th loan and has now originated more than $95 million in loans [...]
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March 17, 2010 by Silicon Valley Blogger | No Comments
You know I love maps — economic maps, in particular. The last few ones I’ve featured here illustrated the U.S. unemployment rates and California’s unemployment rate history. I’ve also covered business cycles and historical financial charts in the past, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit the bigger picture on [...]Foreclosure Rates, Job Statistics & Unemplo
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March 17, 2010 by Jim | No Comments
Nowadays the highest denomination bill you can find is the $100 but back in the early 20th century, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was printing bills as high as $100,000 (1934-35). There aren’t any high denomination bills left, after printing was officially discontinued in 1969 by President Nixon. It was an attempt to combat [...]Fun Trivia Facts about the $500 Bill from personal finan
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March 17, 2010 by admin | No Comments
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its long rumored iPad in January. The device is now available for pre-order and is slated to ship on April 3rd, but customers that ordered accessories along with their iPad may be disappointed to find out that their iPad add-ons may not arrive until May.
Currently Apple is allowing customers to [...]
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March 17, 2010 by admin | No Comments
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently announced that they would be halting the practice of automatically enrolling in programs which previously allowed customers to overdraft their checking accounts via use of their debit card. Bank of America’s new policy will deny debit card transactions unless customers pre-agree to pay overdraft fees if they charge more [...]
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March 17, 2010 by Jim | No Comments
If experiences appreciate and things depreciate, is there a way for us to separate the experience of a thing away from the thing itself? Of course there is – rent it. If we’re going on vacation, it makes perfect sense for us to rent a car rather than buy it (though in places in Europe, [...]When Does Renting Beat Buying? from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.
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March 17, 2010 by J.D. Roth | No Comments
This is a guest post from Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the advisor for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. He contributes one new article to Get Rich Slowly every two weeks. To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, this article is all about green: How to make more of it by selling your Stuff.
Even though I can’t peer into your clos
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March 17, 2010 by Frugal Dad | No Comments
One of the most frequent questions I see popping up these days is whether or not we should continue to invest in stocks, or pay off our mortgages early? There are many factors driving the urgency behind this question. The down economy, and endless talks of deficit spending, national debt, etc, seem to have awakened [...]Post by Frugal Dad
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March 16, 2010 by Silicon Valley Blogger | No Comments
A look at the new Ally Bank Interest Checking account and the Raise Your Rate 2 Year CD.
There are a lot of banking products to keep track of lately. Within the last few months, we’ve extolled the virtues of:
A free savings account to help you set your financial goals from SmartyPig
A checking account with [...]Ally Bank Interest Checking & 2 Year CD With Rate Increase Option
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March 16, 2010 by Super Saver | No Comments
Here are the links to the Carnivals in which My Wealth Builder participated from March 9 to 15, 2010:Carnival of Financial Planning #132Carnival of Money Stories XLVCarnival of Personal Finance #148For some interesting articles from the blogosphere, ch…
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March 16, 2010 by J.D. Roth | No Comments
It’s that time of year again! The annual auto issue of Consumer Reports landed in my mailbox last week, and I spent some time leafing through it over the weekend. (You can read my summaries of past auto issues here: 2007, 2008, 2009) Fortunately, I’m not a victim of the new-car itch right now; the used 2004 Mini Cooper I bought last year is running like a champ, and I have no urge to r
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