Waiting until the last minute to do your taxes? Well, wait no more. Llama Money is giving you the chance to win a free copy of TaxCut Premium Federal Software. Thanks to H&R Block for providing the software. How do I enter to win? Very, very simple. Just follow @llamamoney on Twitter, and tweet this [...]
Welcome to the February 18, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. This is #14 in a long line of ( somewhat ) weekly postings all about net worth. Enough yammering, check out some of these great articles: BankMan presents Why You Need a High Yield Savings Account posted at High Yield Savings Accounts, [...]
When it comes to investing in the stock market, the most sound peice of advice there has ever been is this gem: “Only invest in the stock market that which you can afford to lose.” It’s been said a hundred different ways – but the message is very clear, and always the same. If you [...]
If you’re planning to do any stock trading with your Zecco account, remember that the new fee structure goes into effect today. Buying or selling stock will cost you $4.50 each time. Generally speaking, you don’t want your commission fees to be larger than 1-2% of your trade. In the case of Zecco’s fees, a [...]
The last few months have felt like a roller coaster in the financial sense – up one month, down the next. And since January ended on a rough note, February ( fortunately ) ended on a solid one financially. My net worth increase to $47627, a 9% jump from January. However, I’m disappointed. Remember, my [...]
After hemming and hawing, putting it off, and just generally being lazy, I decided enough was enough. I got several quotes for a custom WordPress design for Llama Money. The least expensive quote was for over $1,400! That’s all well and good for a site that’s bringing in thousands of dollars per month – but [...]
Ever wanted to spend a cool million at one spot with a single coin? Well, me neither. But if you have had this desire, and carrying around boxes and boxes of quarters is just getting to be too much, APMEX has an answer for you. APMEX, of course, is American Precious Metals Exchange – one [...]
With the wild swings in the nearly all areas of the stock market and other investments over the past several months, you might be wondering if it was worth all that trouble to diversify your investments. After all, the much-heralded mutual fund has pretty universally taken a beating. I know that every fund I own [...]
I’ll be quick to clarify – that’s the annual deficit, not the national debt. The deficit is the amount that’s added to the debt in any given year – the debt is the total amount owed. Any year that we run a deficit, no matter how small it is, we’re actually adding to the national [...]
The shiny yellow metal we all know and love is sitting at $1,004 per ounce right now. That’s a whole lot of money for an ounce of this precious metal. Normally when gold is high, that indicates fear of the dollar and other investments. Sounds about right for today’s world – the dollar is a [...]
