Citibank has a $475 bonus for opening a new Checking and Savings account if you complete some additional activities. If that link doesn’t work, there is also this $325 bonus link for a new Checking only Current offer expiration date is January 11, 2027. You must open the accounts through the offer page, and you […]
Apple has agreed to a $250 million settlement to address allegations that they promised certain Siri AI features and did not deliver. If you purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model (iPhone 16, 16e, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max) between June 10, 2024 and March 29, 2025, you […]
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has put out alerts about an increase in property title fraud: Protect Your Property from Illegal Sales Through Parcel Owner Impersonation FBI Boston Warns Quit Claim Deed Fraud is on the Rise Basically, criminals will forge some documents and pretend to be you online, and then either hire […]
A Trump Account (aka 530A Account, or 530 IRA) is a new type of retirement investment account for children. They offer tax-deferred growth, but you don’t get a tax break upon contribution. Funds generally cannot be withdrawn until the child reaches age 18, whereupon it converts into a traditional IRA with penalties on most withdrawals […]
Vanguard has been a big part of building my net worth, and I’m always watching to see if they are keeping the culture. Barron’s last week ran the article Vanguard Conquered the ETF World. Where It’s Aiming Next, but it’s probably behind a paywall. Well, the three main areas are high-yield cash savings accounts, financial […]
Graduation season is here, and here is the 2026 Commencement Speech for George Mason Law School by Luke Nichols, who is a practicing attorney but probably best known as the owner of the popular YouTube Channel Outdoor Boys which includes a lot wilderness hunting, fishing, and bushcraft (“survivalist”) content. I’m a follower of his channel […]
The NY Times recently published the article “Her Life Savings Mysteriously Disappeared After a Systems Glitch” (gift link), where a woman logs into her Fidelity account one day and finds that her accounts are missing online and Fidelity dismisses her as crazy: Fidelity Investments sent messages alerting her that her phone number and email address […]