One of my favorite bloggers, Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff has written a second book.  This one will help you with budgeting basics, pruning expenses and tracking your financial health.  Crystal has always had a great knack at making money issues approachable, even fun.  In Managing Your Money Nut, she starts out with a quiz to help you figure out where you stand fiscally.  Did you get an A or are you Fiscally Fudged?  After the quiz, Crystal… Read the rest

Today we are reviewing The Money Code: Improve Your Entire Financial Life Right Now by Joe John Duran, CFA and also giving away one copy of this book along with a $25 VISA gift card.  Enter the Rafflecopter form below for your chance to win! The Money Code is an informative and easy to read financial journey of a life with a focus on money and how the money mind in each of us is secretly in control. In reading… Read the rest

I love those Ally Bank commercials with the little children.   Totally love how they capture the bewildered looks at the unfair practices, implying that adults feel the same way when banks don’t play fair.  Of course we would never be so transparent on the outside but I’m sure we’ve often felt that way internally. Today I’m going to tell you about two products offered by Ally Bank, their CDs and Savings Accounts.   Ally Bank is FDIC insured and you can… Read the rest