Author Archives: Caitlin - Page 3
Emigrant’s Crappy Cash Back Card
Gee, just as I was getting all excited about the new Emigrant Direct Cash Back Mastercard I notice that "America's Highest Cash Back" rate of is asterisked. Huh. Check it…
File-A-Palooza
From the title of my blog maybe you can guess that I am not the best person at maintaining orderly files. I am 38 years old and I have never…
My 2 cents on HSBCDirect
A reader, Alsymer, recently asked for my 2 cents on HSBCDirect. Aside from my frustration with the mortgage side of HSBC I continue to be pretty happy with HSBCDirect for…
Boston Organics
One of my non-financial goals for 2006 is to eat more fruits and vegetables. This was a lot easier for us to do when we split a share in a…
Taxes and Cancelling my 401(k)
A reader commented on my post about cancelling my 401(k) about making sure I had considered the tax implications of my choice: I am not sure if you considered this…
Lowering My Fidelity Commission Level
Fidelity offers three commission levels depending on how many trades you do per year and/or the total across all your Fidelity accounts. The default rate that everyone qualifies for is…
HSBC Online Savings and Me
I found HSBC's online account setup for their Online Savings account a little better than EmigrantDirect's process but it was not without glitches for me. The initial online application was…
HSBC OnlineSavings
I am in an account opening just applied for my HSBC OnlineSavings account which carries a $35 sign-up bonus for the rest of the month. I wasn't going to do…
22% Lower Cable/Phone/Internet
LaLa finally made the call last week to cancel our Digital Vision service from the cable portion of our telecomm service. This will save us about $12 a month going…
Should I Dump RCN Digital Vision?
So now that I have been looking at every little charge on my telecomm bill and looking for charges to axe, I became very interested in exactly what channels are…