Protect Your Hard Work

It's late one evening and you are cruising home on the freeway after hanging out with your friends at their house. It is raining lightly, not enough to leave your windshield wipers on, but enough that you have to manually activate them every minute or so. This annoys you to no end. The freeway is fairly empty. You're not speeding and every once in a while another car passes you in the fast lane to your left. Another car zooms past you, but suddenly...

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We Need More Disruptions!

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like consumers only get new and exciting products when a new company creates something that completely disrupts the existing models. I've written about this before, but lately I've seen some things that reinforce both sides of my position - it is only new companies that are truly innovating and existing companies are fighting those innovations tooth and claw First, Tesla is introducing battery packs for home energy...

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Discover To Let Users Freeze Their Card

Discover Card recently announced a new feature of their card where customers can "freeze" their credit card if the card is misplaced, but are not sure if it was stolen. Credit.com reports that Discover card users can use the Discover web site or mobile app to temporarily suspend their card. This will prevent any new transactions from being made in person and will also prevent any cash advances or balance transfers from being made. It will not prevent...

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Goal Update: End Of April 2015

At the end of each month, I post an update of my goals, including a brief discussion of any notable events that might have occurred during the month. The latest month's figures can always be found under the Featured menu in the menu bar at the top of the blog. Last updated: End of April, 2015 Current value: $13,223 Change from last month: -$736 Percent of Goal:  12.16% Note that the funds in this account are invested in stock,...

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