A weekly roundup of some of the more interesting and helpful personal finance articles I’ve read recently. Spend the money for the good boots, and wear them forever (Sketch Guy – a NY Times blog). Sometimes, the more expensive option is the better buy. How fraudsters are getting around chip and pin cards (CNBC). Identity […]
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Profitable Ideas: Keep Calm, Money-Saving Mental Tricks, and More
My hand-picked list of some of the more interesting and helpful personal finance articles from the past week. Keep calm and step forward (ETF.com). No one likes it when the market falls, but making panicky, emotional investment decisions usually causes more harm than good. 8 most dangerous places to use your debit card (CBS Money […]
How Does Mint.com Keep User Information Safe? A Conversation With Mint’s Security Architect
If you’re thinking about using an online budget tool, you may be concerned about security. That’s because in order to do what they do best – automatically track your spending – you have to provide them with the passwords to your bank accounts, credit cards, and other accounts you want them to track. Recently I […]
Money Round-Up: Good Career Management E-Mail Practices, Keeping Your Kids Busy on the Cheap, and More
There are tons of great personal finance articles on the web. Every week, I wade through many of them in search of the best of the best. Here’s my latest highly subjective top 10 list, with 5 from traditional sites and 5 from blogs. Recall! E-Mail Habits That Could Cost You At Work (via MSNBC.com). […]
Keeping Your Kids Safe From ID Theft
Many of today’s kids are online even before they’re born, debuting with their sonogram pictures posted on their parents Facebook pages or blogs. Is there a danger to sending too much of your kids’ info into cyberspace? Internet security experts say yes. According to an article on Consumer Reports’ Money Blog, posting your kids’ birth […]
Do You Need Credit Monitoring?
Everywhere you look, it seems, some company is offering to monitor your credit report – for a fee. Do you need the protection? A recent CNNMoney.com story said most people do not. The article noted that using a credit-monitoring service won’t prevent anyone from opening credit in your name. The only way to do that […]
Keep Your Number to Yourself
The best way to guard against identity theft is to guard your Social Security number According to the Social Security Administration, relatively few organizations actually need your number. Your employer needs it in order to pay you. Financial institutions such as banks and brokerage firms need it because they report interest earned to the IRS. […]
Protecting Yourself Online
Walletpop recently put together an excellent list of resources for educating yourself and your kids about safe surfing on the Internet. The piece recommended a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) web site geared toward adults and a site for parents from an organization called Common Sense Media that offers guidance based on their child’s age. The […]
Your Life is an Open Book
It sounds like a horrific scene out of some sci-fi movie set decades down the road – lots of computer databases filled with lots of information about…you! But it’s not some fictionalized account of the future; it’s today’s reality. As described in Consumer Reports, information about your use of credit, insurance claims, medical history, and […]
Cracking the Code on LifeLock
By now you’ve seen the commercial in which Todd Davis gives you his Social Security number. He’s one of the founders of LifeLock, a company that offers to protect you from identity theft for a monthly fee of about $10. A New York Times article noted that while the company has lined up more than […]