Posts for 20SomethingFinance.com


What are Closed End Funds?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
September 1, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Closed End Funds: what the Heck are they? Closed end funds are not the easiest concept to pick up by amateur investors. They are a little bit like stocks and a ... (more)

CouchSurfing 101: 10 Tips for First-Time Surfers

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 31, 2010 at 8:10 am
CouchSurfing: 10 Tips for First-Time Surfers to Overcome Initial Hesitations via Proper Etiquette A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on the basics of CouchSurfing ... (more)

5 Ways to Recession-Proof Yourself

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 30, 2010 at 8:05 am
With duration of unemployment becoming the longest during any recession on record, the continued decline in the housing market, and the threat of a double-dip ... (more)

Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 8-23-10

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 28, 2010 at 10:32 am
For college football lovers, rejoice in this fact: This will be the final Saturday without college football until December. My prediction, on my beloved Michigan ... (more)

Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, & My Personal Rants on the Economy

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 25, 2010 at 9:07 pm
A couple of big name people with a lot of money and friends with money, Mark Cuban and Tony Robbins, basically say that now is not the time to be putting money ... (more)

Zappos Offers Free Overnight Shipping Membership (Ends Today)

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 24, 2010 at 7:42 am
As part of a back-to-school promotion, Zappos.com is offering up free VIP memberships, which gets you free overnight shipping. All you have to do is visit the ... (more)

10 Fun Summer Activities for Under $10 that you May Have Forgot About

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 23, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Summer Fun Can be Cheap August is almost over, and that means there’s about two good months of summer left if you’re in a northern climate. Live it ... (more)

Lawnmower Class Action Lawsuit Could Bring you $75 (Sign up by August 31)

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 22, 2010 at 11:56 am
Lawnmower Class Action Lawsuit for False Advertising Claims I use a good ole’ fashion push reel mower, so I’m not eligible for the class action lawsuit ... (more)

Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 8-16-10

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 21, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Big news this week as I was recently asked to be a staff writer on the personal finance blog, WiseBread, and launched my first post (I had previously guest posted ... (more)

TradeKing Review

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 18, 2010 at 10:12 pm
TradeKing Review Last fall I made the switch to TradeKing for my traditional and Roth IRA’s. I’ve been promising a TradeKing review for a while, so ... (more)

70% of Americans want to be Self-Employed. What is Stopping you? (Reader Poll)

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 16, 2010 at 8:24 am
There’s a huge gap in the United States between the percentage of Americans that ARE self-employed and the percentage of American’s that WANT to be ... (more)

2010 Roth IRA Conversion Rules: What’s the Big Deal About 2010?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 15, 2010 at 12:45 pm
2010 Roth IRA Conversions: Why this Year is Special Roth IRA conversions in 2010 are of special significance due to some unique tax circumstances and rule changes. ... (more)

Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 8-9-10

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 14, 2010 at 11:52 am
As the summer heat drags on, I haven’t had to mow my lawn in a month and the grass is burnt to hell. Why do I have grass again? Thinking of converting the ... (more)

7 HUGE Benefits to Downsizing into a Tiny Home

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 11, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Tiny Home Movement is Growing Rapidly Admittedly, I haven’t made the leap from a regular-sized home to a tiny home just yet. But that hasn’t stopped ... (more)

CouchSurfing: The New Way to Travel?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 9, 2010 at 8:11 am
CouchSurfing: A Smart Alternative for Thrifty Travelers & Experience Seekers I have to admit that I was a little skeptical of CouchSurfing at first glance. ... (more)

Traditional & Roth IRA Income Limits

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 8, 2010 at 5:57 pm
IRA Income Limits IRA’s are a phenomenal way to limit your tax liability in the present (Traditional IRA) and in the future (Roth IRA). In fact, the IRS ... (more)

Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 8-2-10

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 6, 2010 at 8:33 am
20somethingfinance Highlights: - Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Vs. Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI): A post about two things that aren’t very fun, but ... (more)

TradeKing Promotion: $50 Signup Bonus

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 4, 2010 at 9:29 am
One of my two discount brokers of personal choice, TradeKing, just started running their annual $50 cash back promotion. I use TradeKing for my IRA’s because ... (more)

New Amazon Kindle WiFi Retails for $139 – But are you Buying?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 3, 2010 at 8:10 am
New Kindle WiFi Sells for One-Third of Previous Generation Kindle Amazon just released its latest version of the Kindle. The Kindle Wi-Fi. This new generation ... (more)

GM’s Chevy Volt Vs. Nissan Leaf: The Mass-Market Electric Vehicle Wars Begin

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 2, 2010 at 12:07 pm
The Mass-Market Electric Vehicle Wars Commence The GM Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf will both enter showrooms at the tail end of this year. And with GM announcing ... (more)

Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Vs. Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)

From 20SomethingFinance.com
August 1, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Once a year, when tax time comes around, you get the terms gross income, adjusted gross income (AGI), and modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) shoved in your ... (more)

Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 7-26-10

From 20SomethingFinance.com
July 30, 2010 at 2:13 pm
20SomethingFinance Highlights: Top 10 Cities for Young Professionals: My take on Kiplinger’s picks of the top 10 cities for young people. Very surprised ... (more)

Unemployment Benefits Extended: Do you Agree with this Move? (Reader Poll)

From 20SomethingFinance.com
July 28, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Unemployment Benefits Extension Signed into Law Last week President Obama signed an extension of unemployment benefits into law. The measure provides emergency ... (more)

Tracfone Review: Prepaid Wireless at its Dirt Cheapest

From 20SomethingFinance.com
July 27, 2010 at 8:23 am
Tracfone Review Warning: if you are a semi-Luddite, you will love this review. If you would hook a 3G (or 4G) smart phone up to your bloodstream intravenously ... (more)

The Top Ten Cities for Young Professionals

From 20SomethingFinance.com
July 26, 2010 at 8:06 am
Kiplinger recently rated its picks for the top 10 Best Cities for Young Adults. The factors that they took into consideration when compiling this ‘best’ ... (more)