A few days ago, I called my automobile insurance company and informed them that a deer had hit my car. The insurance adjuster just left, and he gave me an estimate of $2500 to fix the damage done to my car. Now I have a decision (or two) to make. Just a few days before the collision with Mr. Deer,…
Month: December 2008
2008 Charity Spotlight
For the third year in a row, I’m asking my fellow personal finance bloggers to write articles about their favorite charities. If you have a personal finance blog – or any old type of blog – and you would like to participate in this year’s 2008 Charity Spotlight, write a post about your favorite charity, publish it, and contact me. …
Creating My Modified CD Ladder
Here’s how a normal CD ladder is setup – You have a lump amount to invest in CDs. Instead of buying one CD, for a specific maturity date, you spread your investment out, over several CDs, all with different maturity dates. For instance, assume you had $10,000. You could create a CD ladder which looked like this – Amount Term…