It looks like my money market account’s interest is finally stabilizating at 4.50%, which is .4% lower than the last time I had mentioned my money market account which is over at gmacbank. Which is okay with me, not like I’m happy that it went down but the amount of money in my account right now doesn’t make any significance difference losing that .4%. Losing the interest rates is all handy and dandy but today I encounter...

So today I decided to take a look at my Money Market account, which I usually try to check only once a month, and saw that the interest rate went from 5.30% to 4.90%. I was surprised that my initial reaction wasn’t disappointment but rather quite passive. There was a point in time where I used to think that every one hundredth of a percent counted and mattered and that I would find the best money market account accordingly. But the...

Hey guys, I’m going to be hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Money Stories #13 here at Moneywalks, so if you have any money stories please submit here. Also, please keep in mind that you should only submit articles that are stories or experience dealing with finances. I’ve already received tons of articles that were just personal finance and has no personal experience/stories behind it and I’m going to have to...

I hope everyone had a great Memorial weekend. With school finally over for the semester, I’m definitely ready for summer to kick off. I know I have been quite dormant with my posts but since I’m finally out of school I can spend a lot more time on the site. Happy Memorial day.

Recently I have been so busy with school preparing for these final exams and projects it’s been quite difficult to keep up with my site. I know that I have to set my priorities straight and school is definitely on the top of the list. Aside from the obvious reason why school should be placed as top priority, let me list some other reasons why keeping up with school helps me save more money(or even make money). I’m on a full...

This past Tuesday was Five Cent Nickel‘s second year anniversary and he is celebrating by giving away free ipods! There is a total of 5 prizes and here is the list of goodies from 1st to 5th: iPod nano (2GB) iPod shuffle (1GB) USB Microdrive (5GB) Encyclopedia of Financial Planning Time is Money He has laid out simple rules for contest and you can enter just by submitting a comment on the post(don’t forget to tell a friend)....