Did They Say That? Root of All Money?
“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
Ayn Rand
Remember that the love of money is the root of all evil, not money! But what is the root of all money, anyway?
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Verse of the Day: Do You Pretend to be Rich?
7 Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.
Proverbs 13:7 (NLT)
Isn’t this so true? There are many people in America today who drive nice cars, live in fancy neighborhoods, enroll their kids in private school, and have fancy jewelry or clothes. What you don’t see is the [...]
Lower Online Savings Rates Roundup
Just got an email from FNBO Direct saying that their rate for their online savings account went down to 3.25% from 3.50%. WaMu (JPMorgan Chase) also quietly lowered the online savings rate to 3.00% from 4.00%. ING Direct is at 2.75% (instant $25 bonus for new accounts with at least $250). HSBC Direct is currently [...]
Did They Say That? Don’t Make Money Your Goal
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”
Maya Angelou
What a great quote and some great advice. Money should never be your goal. Money is motivating but there [...]
Missed My Plane
Well…what do you know. I missed my flight for the second half of my business trip. I printed my boarding pass the night before like I always do and of course they changed the gate on me and I didn’t realize until it was too late. The flight actually left earlier than it was supposed [...]
Sorry…
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I’ve been on a business trip and the Internet is not quite as easy to find as most places. I’ll try to do some updates next week when I have better Internet access. I’m on the business trip until the 31st of October.
What Does the Bailout Mean for Me?
By now, most of us have heard about the news of the $700 billion bailout signed into law by President Bush on October 3rd, 2008. The bill is designed to bailout the numerous banks throughout the country that were making bad mortgage loans. The government (read: we, the taxpayers) are now going to own $700 [...]
Did They Say That? Who You Should Borrow Money From
“Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn’t expect to be paid back.”
Unknown source
I thought it was funny. I say don’t borrow at all!
Verse of the Day: Good Deeds Without Love is Worthless
3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 (NLT)
Think about what the apostle Paul is saying in this verse. Even if he gave everything he had to the poor and [...]
Why Bank of America is Too Big
With all this consolidation and shrinking of competition in the banking industry comes huge corporations that are too big to provide any kind of customer service at all.
You would think that a bank as big as Bank of America would make it easy to open an account online. After all, I am trying to give [...]
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