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Betterment Bond Portfolio Asset Allocation Changes 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 11:13 am
Online investment manager Betterment.com recently announced an upcoming change to their portfolio asset allocation, specifically their bond portion. Here’s a visual example of the ETF changes: (click...
Smart DIY Home Security Startups: Canary and Piper 26 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm
I’ve written about my Simplisafe DIY security system which I still use and like, but Canary and Piper are two new startups that are trying to disrupt the industry even further. Similar to what Nest di...
Toys R Us, Babies R Us Price Match Policy Update 26 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Toys R Us and Babies R Us recently improved its in-store Price Match Guarantee policy to include online retailer prices from select merchants (press release). Previously, it only matched price from ot...
Stat of the Day: Tuition Discount Rate 23 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
Right now, freshmen are moving into dorms all around the country and parents are scrambling to pay the bills. I’ve written about how many students don’t pay sticker price on college tuition, but I rec...
New Class Action Settlements: Naked Juice, Barbara’s Bakery 22 Aug 2013 | 11:54 am
Here are a few new proposed class action settlements that may affect you. They both involve popular food products that marketed themselves as “All Natural” and ran into some controversy: Naked Juice....
LendingClub and Prosper vs. High Yield Junk Bonds 21 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
Yesterday, I posted a 9-month update on my $10,000 P2P lending portfolio with loans from Prosper and LendingClub. Every so often it is pointed out that lending unsecured money directly to random peopl...
LendingClub vs. Prosper Loan Performance Comparison, 9-Month Update 20 Aug 2013 | 12:13 pm
I invested $10,000 into person-to-person loans in November 2012, split evenly between LendingClub and Prosper. It’s been a little over 9 months since then, so I wanted to give a detailed update in add...
New 401k Plan Fee Disclosures Completely Worthless? 19 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
I’ve written about how recent fee disclosure requirements for 401(k) retirement plans have brought a spotlight on bad 401k plans and their potentially embarrassed plan sponsors. But after reading the...
GMO July 2013 7-Year Asset Class Forecast 16 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
It may qualify as market noise, but I admit to looking at the GMO 7-Year Asset Class Forecasts whenever they come out once a quarter (or more often now?). You can read it and other market commentary f...
Straight Talk SIM Card + iPhone 4 or 5 = $45 Unlimited Prepaid Plan 15 Aug 2013 | 01:42 pm
(Updated: AT&T-compatible SIMs are back! Also added iPhone 5 details. Straight Talk took away AT&T-compatible SIM cards for months leaving only ones that work with T-Mobile towers, but now they are ba...
