Money Management and Personal Finance | The Dough Roller
Smart Money, a leader in the personal investing community, has always done an excellent job in rating the best online discount brokers available to consumers today. This year’s report opens with a reminder: read the fine print. With competition among discount brokers steadily growing, the price wars get fiercer and fiercer. Some brokers advertise dirt-cheap [...]
PerkStreet Financial, one of the new players in the online checking account world, recently teamed up with Harris Interactive and released a survey looking at consumer attitudes toward the future of our economy. The survey took place over five days in June and included the opinions of 2,174 adults. Men and women of varying financial [...]
Credit cards for college students has always been a hot button topic. Some advocate that credit cards are evil and providing them to college students is an unethical practice. Others would argue that offering credit cards to young adults allows for the management of finances at a young age, thus preparing them better for when [...]
One of the best features of Google is its simplicity. With a predominately white page and simple search box set in the middle, even young children today know how to Google. And we’ve all typed in countless searches and found what we were looking for without giving Google a second thought. But lurking behind this [...]
It seems like a simple question at first. What is a good credit score? But what may seem simple at first, turns out to have a few complications. Some regard anything over 650 to be a quality score while others contend that 725 is where a good credit score begins. Truth be told, there is [...]
Before the credit fallout of 2008, the Citi Dividend Platinum Select MasterCard was one of the hottest and best credit cards in the market. The high cash back percentage and low APR combined to attract new cardholders. And with a low balance transfer fee and great 0% intro offer, the Citi Dividend Platinum Select MasterCard [...]
The W-9 Form, titled “Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification,” is an IRS form used to request a taxpayer identification number. The form is generally used when an individual, freelancer or independent consultant (i.e., non-employee) is hired to provide goods or services to another individual or business. The purpose of the form is to [...]
After 62 World Cup matches, Spain and The Netherlands battled it out to see who would win their first ever World Cup. After an extremely terrible first half, both teams opened it up a bit in the second half and had numerous chances to end the game in regulation. Yellow card after yellow card was [...]
Even with the stock market slipping, there are a good number of diverse online discount brokers to choose from. Discount brokers offer quick, electronic trades and the convenience of being able to trade from home, the office, or a smart mobile device. If you’re thinking about opening an account with a discount broker, you may [...]