I’ve heard some pretty ridiculous things in my lifetime – short as it has been – but this one takes the cake. And the fact that it came from a law professor, someone who’s supposed to be at least mildly intelligent, makes it worse!
According to Lauren Willis, an associate professor at Loyola Law School in […]
We’ve had a lot of interesting discussions lately about what is and isn’t the best way to get out of debt. But, it’s occurred to me that even though I have vocally disagreed with certain financial experts and their way of doing things, I haven’t given you any insight into what I recommend for my […]
How important are disclosures? Do you even read yours? I’m about to go a little off topic here because I’m slightly annoyed after today, so here goes. I’m talking about bank disclosures as they pertain to their accounts.
I went into a bank today because they were advertising a 5 month CD special at 4%. One […]
After reading something at Jeremy’s blog over and what I’ve heard from some friends working at other banks, it appears there is a little bit of a gray area when it comes to using the corporate credit card. I thought we’d talk about it because it seems to be a topic of interest at the moment.
If […]
If you’ve ever been forced to deal with debt collectors you have probably wondered what sort of laws govern the way they do business - if any! Sometimes you might have felt like the collector was crossing the line, but if you aren’t sure of what that so-called line actually is then there isn’t much […]
You guys know I’m in the banking industry and I tend to keep up with things that are going on. Well, there’s some news making the rounds that’s got people a little concerned and I figured I’d share with you guys.
The FDIC is going to have to borrow money from the Fed if more banks […]
Sorry this is a little later than usual guys. It’s Labor Day weekend, and call me crazy, but I just didn’t feel like doing any labor this weekend. Of course, I had family over, so that sort of negated the point of resting, but hey…a girl can dream. So, with that in mind I’ll just […]
Here’s a new one. In all my years of banking I’ve never been asked if someone could purchase things like mutual funds with a credit card. Today I got asked the question, and after recovering from my initial shock I told the member that most fund companies did not allow their funds to be purchased […]
I feel like I should include a playlist with this post – something that truly highlights the doom and gloom being cast upon the financial markets. Sheesh.
I was reading an interesting blog article, which I’ll share with you here, where the author basically said that credit card debt was the next bubble and when it […]
Welcome to the (lucky) edition of the Finance Fiesta! In celebration of this being our 13th Finance Fiesta, I’ve decided to dub this Fiesta the Triskaidekaphobia edition!
For those who don’t know, Triskaidekaphobia is the irrational fear of the number 13. Wikipedia enlightens us about the origins of this strange phobia:
“Some Christian traditions have it […]
