$$: A No-Spend Day

Total Spent Today: $0.00

Another glorious no-spend day.
I did get ready to spend, however; I transferred $200 from my WaMu savings account into my WaMu checking account and set up an automatic stock buy through Sharebuilder.  Tomorrow Sharebuilder should buy $196 dollar’s worth of GE stock (and charge me a $4.00 fee).  To pay for the stock purchase, Sharebuilder [...]

Burdened by Parents; Thwarted by Banks

A quick back history:  In December ‘07, my mom decided to sell her house and move across the country to live with my youngest sister, her husband, and their three children.  In mid-January she put her house up for sale and it sold almost immediately.  She closed on the house in early March.  Since her [...]

An Argument Against Automatic Payments

I’m familiar with the arguments for automated bill payments and I understand the appeal.  However, I feel there are compelling reasons to NOT make automatic payments.  Here we go:
It can, and has, been argued that automatic payments help save time by eliminating the need to physically pay bills and save money by eliminating the risk [...]