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Chase Freedom Card: No More 3% Rewards?
Credit card companies are downgrading their rewards programs. Chase Freedom Card is the latest card reducing its cash back rewards.
Nowadays, good credit cards with generous rewards (relatively speaking of course) are rare. And good cards can go bad, as the Citi Dividend Platinum Card did a while ago.
That’s what happened to Chase Freedom Card, one [...]
Discover Card Holiday Promotion: $50 Bonus and More
Are you using Discover cards?
If you are, then you can get up to $50 bonus when you shop with your Discover More card this holiday season if you spend $500 or more in the first three months(if you don’t have one, you can use this link to get one). I have discussed this card in [...]
Deal: RCA Dual Wattage Voltage Adapter $12.99
I wish I had this last month when I was vacationing in China.
I brought a wireless router with me when I left. I thought using a wireless connection can make things a little easier when I was guesting at my parents’ home. However, one thing I forgot was also getting a voltage adapter because in [...]
Vanguard and Oakmark Reopen Good Funds
The year-long market turmoil has taken its toll on mutual funds, good and bad alike. Mutual fund companies saw their funds’ assets shrinking fast, not just because of the decline of the values of the fund’s holdings, but also the result of investors fleeing the fund when the performance suffers even if the fund is [...]
Can Dodge & Cox Bounce Back?
For some time, Dodge & Cox funds, especially the Stock Fund (DODGX) and International Stock Fund (DODFX), were my favorites. DODGX was one of the first funds I bought when I started to investing in mutual funds 6 years ago (I am still buying it every month) and DODFX was once the performance leader among [...]
