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Aisle: Free Food after Venmo/PayPal Rebate

If you like the idea of free or discounted full-sized samples of trendy new food products, especially plant-based or health-focused ones, check out Aisle Offers. I also noticed that there are some discounts available on more established brands. … [Read the rest]

Apple Watch as Standalone Phone For Kids: BetterRoaming eSIM Review

Our middle school has adopted some of the recommendations as outlined in the book Anxious Generation and other public policy folks: Phones are not allowed during the school day at all. They are allowed after school. Recommended: No … [Read the rest]

Wings Financial Credit Union: $600 New Member Bonus + $50 Refer-a-Friend + 4.75% APY

New $600 Fall Bonus. Wings Financial Credit Union has an improved bonus worth up to $600 plus a $50 refer-a-friend bonus for new members (along with some other promotions). Please note that each has its own separate set of requirements. Here … [Read the rest]

Bask Bank Interest Checking $200 Bill Pay Bonus (New and Existing Customers)

Bask Bank has added two separate bonuses for their Interest Checking account: Up to $200 total bonus for qualifying Bill Pay activities. Must have a new or existing Bask Interest Checking Account by November 29, 2024. Conduct two (2) … [Read the rest]

Vanguard Digital Advisor: Estimating the Benefit of Tax-Loss Harvesting

One of the features of Vanguard's Digital Advisor Services (VDAS) that is hardest to replicate on your own is the automated tax-loss harvesting (TLH). VDAS will monitor the prices of each of your stock ETFs daily, sell some or all of them at a loss … [Read the rest]

Vanguard Digital Advisor Robo-Advisor Review (Updated September 2024)

(Updated September 2024. If you're wondering about the future of Vanguard, take note that they have been actively tinkering with their robo-advisor service, Vanguard Digital Advisor Services (VDAS). In June 2024, VDAS added the ability to include a … [Read the rest]

Best Interest Rates on Cash Roundup – September 2024

Here's my monthly roundup of the best interest rates on cash as of September 2024, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. There are lesser-known opportunities available to individual investors, often earning more money while keeping the … [Read the rest]

Toilet Paper Shrinkflation Stats and Evidence

The Hustle has an entire article on toilet paper shrinkflation that confirms all of your suspicions with historical evidence. (They even went to eBay to get some of the old stuff!) The rolls got smaller and lighter. The number of sheets dropped. … [Read the rest]

British Airways Visa Signature(R) Card Review: 75,000 Bonus Avios Offer

The British Airways Visa Signature® Credit Card is a Chase-issued card that offers unique perks with British Airways. The Avios program offers a distance-based award system in the US (including Hawaii), allowing you to fly domestically for less … [Read the rest]

Always Use Limit Orders, Since Your Market Orders Just Become Bad Limit Orders Anyway

I don't know how everyone else does this, but whenever I buy shares of an ETF for my portfolio, I always use a limit order. But it's usually a "lazy" limit order, because I am just aiming to buy immediately at roughly the market price and the limit … [Read the rest]

Paper US Savings Bonds with Federal Tax Returns Eliminated

Goodbye, physical US savings bonds! Per this TreasuryDirect announcement, the US Treasury will no longer allow to you to buy an additional $5,000 in paper Series I savings bonds each year with your tax refund, effective January 1st, 2025. (If you … [Read the rest]

DirecTV and Disney Dispute: Request $30 Service Credit

If you have DirecTV and are affected by their failed contract negotiations and subsequent loss of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels, they are quietly offering a $30 bill credit, supposedly enough such you can sign up for Sling TV via this special … [Read the rest]