College

A Bold Move

I just purchased some shares of RSP, an ETF which tracks the S&P 500.  RSP is an “equal weight” ETF.  It does not focus on the size of the companies that it invests in, but is comprised of equal portions of all the stocks in the S&P 500.  After yesterday’s pullback (free-fall?), I wanted to pick up some shares at…

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Resources, Savings

Get $2 For Signing-Up With Upromise

I use Upromise to earn rewards when I use my debit card.  If you’ve been thinking about signing-up with Upromise, now would be the time!  If you sign-up now, you’ll get $2 automatically credited to your account.  You can link your debit cards, grocery cards, and credit cards (boo!) to your Upromise account and receive rebates from several major companies. …

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College

Problems With TD Ameritrade

For the past three days, I’ve been trying to transfer $2200 from my checking account to my daughter’s TD Ameritrade ESA.  TD Ameritrade has the lamest cash management / transfer system I’ve ever tried to use.  First, you can only link ONE checking or savings account to your brokerage account.  Second, the only way to link an account is to…

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