Yodlee Does a Better Job Categorizing My Expenses
Last week, when I logged into my Mint.com the first time in several months, I was shocked by how Mint categorizes the expenses downloaded from my Bank of America Checking account. I don’t know exactly how Mint processes the transactions, but it is just unacceptable to me that a popular financial product that is used [...]
Mint.com is Scary
Kind of.
Last night, when I was writing the post about manageME 7, I logged into my Mint.com account first time in many months in order to make some comparison I needed for the post. I mentioned before that I mainly use a desktop version of Quicken to track my finance, not the online version, despite [...]
ManageME 7 Review and Membership Giveaway
If you are using either Mint.com or Quicken Online to manage your finance, you probably have already heard the big news today that Intuit, owner of Quicken Online, is buying Mint.com. While changes can always be expected when such acquisitions occur, Intuit has promised to keep both popular online money management tool free for existing [...]
Stress Testing Your Budget: How to Stay Strong in Tough Times
Money can be stressful. From earning to managing to spending, money consumes a large part of our lives and can even define how we feel about ourselves and how others view us, and that is during good economic times.
When times turn tough, any little cracks in our money handling run the risk of becoming giant, [...]
Alternatives to MS Money
Early last week, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Money Plus will no longer be available for purchase after June 30, 2009 and all purchased Money Plus products must be activated before January 31, 2011. The software maker cites the change in the market where banks, brokers, even third parties have started to offer their customers free, [...]
Free Online Money Management Tools That Make Your Life Easier
Are you using any free online personal finance tools such as Mint, Yodlee, Wesabe, or Quicken Online?
I am not really a big fan of online tools as I prefer to store sensitive information on my home computer instead of on a website. For example, I use Quicken Home & Business to track my investments and [...]
A Costco Reward Gift That’s Nice to Have
Last Friday we received a membership renewal letter from Costco. Together with the notice is a $64.86 reward gift check from Costco. As a Costco Executive Member, we are able to enjoy the 2% cashback for shopping at Costco and the reward check is what we have accumulated last year, which also means that in [...]
Make A Budget in Three Steps
When talking about living on a budget, people sometimes mistakenly equal it to living cheap. The fact is living on a budget has nothing to do with living cheap. Instead, it means living organized. Particularly, for those who live from paycheck to paycheck, a budget is the tool that lets them prioritize their spending and, [...]
PIN vs. Signature Based Debit Transactions
Last week, when I was writing the article on reward checking accounts, I noticed that some banks not only require a number of debit card transactions in a month in order to get the higher yield, but also explicitly say qualifying transactions must be PIN (personal identification number) based, while others insist only signature based [...]
Google Tip Jar Lets You Take and Share Tips
So the economy is bad and families are tightening their belts to save here and there. In time like this, we can always use a few helpful tips. If that’s what you are thinking, then you may want to check out a new site called Tip Jar from Google, a place where you can share [...]
