How I got my money right, found a job, and survived my last year at Oxford University.
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In Search of a British Mint
Published on 2009-10-01 10:12:00
About a year and a half ago, I met and fell in love with a wonderful, handsome, caring free online financial software. Her name was Mint.com.She was colorful (but only in soothing, Real Simple tones), easy to use, and useful. She downloaded my up to-the-minute account information for my checking accounts, savings accounts, credit card accounts, student loan accounts, and (yes I am that cool) 401K. She suggested tags for all of my transactions (but still let me edit them!), and then tracked ho
That Apple Deal
Published on 2009-09-25 23:03:00
Going back to my comment about Apple's "pretty good deal" on a no-interest-for-12-months Visa card linked purchase...I want to underline that this is only a good deal if you pay all of your minimum payments on time and pay off the entire cost within 12 months, before the actual interest rate kicks in. I'm personally extremely uptight about always paying off my entire balance because I have a very basic aversion to interest. This comes from an underlying belief that credit cards are evil.Really
Fees and Terms and Penalties Oh My!
Published on 2009-09-24 21:37:00
So many charges, so little time.I'm planning ahead for my quick "city break" in Europe with my boyfriend next week. My budget analysis showed that I was losing around 10 pounds each time I took a trip abroad on transaction fees. So I took this opportunity to figure out which of my various cards is best to use abroad. I figured it was also a good idea to summarize the general fee/interest rate situation account for each card while I was at it.(Actually, this particular activity was inspired by
