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Since the Fed lowered the discount rate (the rate at which it lends money to banks), many online savings accounts have followed and have lowered their rates. FNBO Direct was offering a 6% promotion but is now offering a still-respectable 5.05%. Here is an interest rate round-up from around the web: ING Direct: 4.5% to [...]

   11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding. Proverbs 12:11 (NKJV) 11 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense. Proverbs 12:11 (NLT) Proverbs is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It [...]

Remember when my checking account got broken into? Well, I had to close down my main checking account at Washington Mutual because of a security issue. This was the account that I had linked with all my online savings, brokerage, etc. accounts. Well, EmigrantDirect happened to be one of them. Now, I really didn’t have [...]

$571 billion: The aggregate value of adjustable-rate home mortgages that will reset, or switch from a low fixed rate to a higher variable rate, through the end of 2008. After living large off introductory rates as low as 1% (or zero, in the case of interest-only ARMs), Americans will pay an extra $42 billion in [...]

   9 For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. Nehemiah 6:9 (NKJV) When the first sign of trouble comes, don’t look for a way out. Pray like Nehemiah and ask God [...]

   35 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. 36 You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:35-36 (NKJV) We need to be honest in [...]

If you haven’t heard of Kiva, you need to hear it now. Kiva means “unity” or “agreement” in Swahili. The basic idea behind Kiva is the concept of microlending or microfinance. The premise behind microlending is that many smaller loans from different sources fund a whole complete loan. The difference between Kiva and another micro-finance [...]

   8 And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of [...]

I just wanted to write to say Happy Labor Day! Here’s just a little background and some facts about Labor Day that you might not have known. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September. “The holiday began in 1882, originating from a desire by the Central Labor Union to create a day [...]

You heard that right; my checking account got broken into! To be more specific, someone tried to use an electronic check to take money from my checking account at Washington Mutual. This happened to me a couple weeks ago. I only noticed it because I never used this checking account for making payments. I only [...]

This month only, eBay is running a special No Listing Fees Month! Get rid of some of that junk laying around in your garage taking up space and earn some cash! Now through September 30, 2007, there will be no insertion fees as long as you use a gallery picture and start bidding at $9.99 [...]