Back for 2026. Barnes & Noble has brought back their Summer Reading Free Book Giveaway for kids in Grades 1-6. You child will need to read any eight books this summer and record them in this Summer Reading Journal [printable PDF]. This year has … [Read the rest]
One of the most popular ways to build out the stock portion of a simple index fund portfolio is to own the following two Vanguard ETFs: Vanguard Total US Stock Market ETF (VTI), which tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index representing ~100% of … [Read the rest]
Here's my monthly survey of the best interest rates on cash as of May 2026, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. Banks and brokerages love taking advantage of idle cash, and you can often earn more interest while keeping the same … [Read the rest]
(Updated: SoFi has a new $300 transfer bonus on the crypto account. Per the terms, you should be able to get the $50 new account bonus and then the $300 deposit bonus. I have updated the other offers as well.) SoFi ("Social Finance") is an … [Read the rest]
The Atmos Rewards Visa Signature Business Card is the business card version of the Atmos Rewards Ascent Visa. Right now, there is also a limited-time increased 85k + $99 Companion Fare offer for this card, which you may find promoted by flight … [Read the rest]
Limited-time offer. The Atmos™ Rewards Ascent Visa Signature Card is the one of the new refreshed Alaska Airlines cards in the new combined Alaska–Hawaiian ecosystem. Formerly the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card, and still issued by Bank of … [Read the rest]
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 … [Read the rest]
Barclays Bank Delaware has a Select Savings account (currently at 4.00% APY on all balance tiers) as part of their "AARP® Digital Banking" package which also offers Select CDS (with currently subpar rates) that is only available to AARP members with … [Read the rest]
Last month, I mentioned that Morningstar had bought the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) from the University of Chicago. CRSP started out as a non-profit, but was later converted to an LLC and sold for $375 million. Vanguard used … [Read the rest]
The 2026 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting occurred on May 2nd, 2026. Here is the full 5-hour meeting (pseudo-transcript) and a 7-minute highlight reel from CNBC from Omaha. This is the first one where Warren Buffett was not on stage … [Read the rest]
Ally Invest has a new $200 bonus offer for opening a new brokerage account with them, however it is specifically targeted to existing Ally Bank and Ally Auto customers who have never had an Ally Invest account before. (Some of us may have Ally … [Read the rest]
Bonus extended. Ally Bank is one of my favorite banks in terms of user interface, practical features, customer service, and reliability. They were my primary checking account for years (the checking can auto-draft from the savings). Unfortunately, … [Read the rest]
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