Tag: investing

  • Free money

    08 Sep 2006 » 1 min read

    Back in April, I opened a CD with my credit union which was paying a high interest rate at the time. I pretty much forgot all about it. Today, when paying a bill online, I took a look at the CD and noted that as of August 31, I have earned $101 in interest from…

  • Small change and large

    13 Apr 2006 » 2 min read

    Small Change I just finished rolling about $40 in quarters and $20 in dimes for the next time I go to New York. Commerce Bank has free machines to get money for your change and the last time I went to the branch in Astoria, I brought about $100 in change. I’ve also got a…

  • Easy money!

    06 Apr 2006 » 1 min read

    My credit union is offering a great deal on certificate accounts (5.05% on 13-months) and I could ignore it no longer. In addition, you can add to the balance up to the opening amount. Tonight, I opened an account. It took less than a minute to do online and that one minute’s worth of time…