If you've looked at your portfolio and wondered exactly how much US stocks have outperformed the rest of the world, Charlie Bilello shares in his July 4th post USA! USA! USA!: Over the last 16 years, US stocks have gained 502% vs. 104% for … [Read the rest]
Walmart is offering 50% off an annual Walmart+ membership (a $49 savings). Look for various Walmart+ Deals to compete with the Amazon Prime and Target Circle bonanzas. *Pay $49 for one year of annual membership. Exclusions apply. Promotion ends … [Read the rest]
Target is running another Target Circle Week from July 7th-13th with various discounts and deals. Here are the highlights: Each day will have a special Deal of the Day along with various sales. Look for a special Target Circle Bonus offer … [Read the rest]
Check AmEx link again to see if eligible again for this new round. You may also find an Amazon offer under your "AmEx Offers" in your account. Note that Amazon links may not show up on RSS/email, please click here to visit the website … [Read the rest]
Here’s my quarterly income update as a companion post to my July 2024 asset allocation & performance update. I prefer to track the income produced as an alternative metric to performance. The total income goes up much more gradually and … [Read the rest]
Here's my 2024 Q2 update for our primary investment holdings, including all of our combined 401k/403b/IRAs and taxable brokerage accounts but excluding our house and side portfolio of self-directed investments. Following the concept of skin in the … [Read the rest]
Amazon is offering a free 5-month trial of their Amazon Music Unlimited streaming service to Prime members (3-months without Prime). This offer appears to be widely available to Prime members unless you’ve had a trial recently in the last year or … [Read the rest]
Amazon is offering Prime members a free 3-month trial of Kindle Unlimited. (Prime Day is coming up in mid-July.) This offer appears to be widely available to Prime members unless you've had a trial recently in the last year or so. Enjoy … [Read the rest]
Between Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard, I am surprised that Vanguard is the one that most wants to be like Robinhood. Their brokerage account, officially Vanguard Brokerage Services (VBS), recently added a bunch of new fees but also officially … [Read the rest]
As the published prices for college tuition keep rising to astronomical levels ($100k a year?!), fewer and fewer students are actually paying the "sticker" price. As you can see below, the number is down to ~25% for public and ~15% for private … [Read the rest]
Offer increased to 70k, but must pay $99 annual fee. The Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard is a co-branded American Airlines credit card from Barclays. This offer is notable because the bonus can be triggered by a single purchase of any … [Read the rest]
In the world of fintechs, we recently experienced this possible damage from multiple parties not working with each other. Right now, there is still ~$85 million of user deposits unaccounted for (and much more frozen) while both the BaaS provider … [Read the rest]
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