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Why Your Checking Account Is Getting More Expensive
Long the workhorse of the financial mainstream, the checking account has undergone a radical evolution in recent months. Banks are shifting to the business model embraced by airlines, unbundling a product and adding fees on an a …
134 Money Tips, Special Mother’s Day Edition
In this week’s link roundup: wisdom, tips, and lessons about money and family from moms everywhere—and tons of affordable, heartwarming gift ideas that’ll show much Mom is appreciated.
Insider Insight … About the Makings of a Good Mother’s Day Gift
“Good Mother’s Day gifts are like geometry class where you are required to show your work in order to get credit.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … About Personal Finance Seminars
“All people pay for at such seminars is to listen to someone repeat the ideas that are already freely available in books and on the internet… The people who could most use the help are the people who can least afford the cost of such a seminar. It feels like preying on the weak to me.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … About Kings, Queens, and Royalty in General
“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.” – Frederick the Great
“Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.” – George Bernard Shaw
“God save the queen/ ‘Cause tourists are money/ And our figurehead/ Is not what she seems” – Sex Pistols
Cheapskate Wisdom … About Products Bearing the ‘Trump’ Brand
“If you were the purest of a luxury consumer, you wouldn’t touch this stuff with a ten foot pole.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … from British Publishing Tycoon Felix Dennis
“Air travel on any class but economy is preposterous. Leaving lights, printers, computers, copiers and the like on ‘stand-by’ overnight is plain stupid.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … About Credit Cards in the Hands of Young Consumers
A credit card is the “quickest way for young adults to build good credit”—and it’s also the “quickest way to destroy a young adult’s credit.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … About the Self-Help Industry
“If you’re looking for a quick and easy path to change from any self-help book, CD, or DVD that promises you instant and effortless change, put it back on the shelf or return it to Amazon. I can assure you that you’re wasting your money and time.”
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Elmo
“On Wednesday Elmo wanted to buy ice cream that he craved. / But Elmo didn’t spend at all. No that day Elmo saved.”
Suze Orman’s Advice: Don’t Be a Dog. Channel Your Inner Elephant Instead
“The elephant stays on course, moving toward its goal, regardless of all the barking and noise that swirls around him.”
