Eating is a basic human need, yet for many it is often surrounded by mystery, mystique and confusion – differentiating healthy from non-healthy is often a difficult task. This, coupled with the challenge of eating healthy while on a budget, intensifies the issue to epidemic proportions. Searching out the proper way to eat, while also saving on costs, can be an overwhelming task. Below, I outline the best ways to eat well on a budget, and I hope this will aid in your mission!
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The Government Thanks You For Your Taxes
On behalf of the government I’d like to thank you for your generous taxes.
Thank you for paying too much in taxes every paycheck. We love the interest free loan! We’re trillions in debt and every bit helps. When we borrow from other countries by selling Treasuries we have to offer them interest for the loan. Can you imagine what the interest on trillions in loans comes out to?!? But by not adjusting your W-4’s you help to keep the United States afloat, if only a little bit.
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New Financial Tools Make It Easier to Plan for Retirement
If you’re like most people, you find the process of retirement planning somewhat intimidating. There are lots of numbers, calculations and assumptions to make before you can decide how much you need for to save each year, how much you’ll ultimately need to retire, how big a mortgage you can handle and what type of insurance to buy.
But there’s an easier way to plan that allows you to focus on some very clear and simple goals. Professional investors have for years been using financial ratios as shortcuts to evaluating the financial health of large companies. By looking at a few key ratios, investors can get a quick and comprehensive assessment of what sort of shape a company is in. The beauty of the ratios is that they compress mountains of data into one simple number that conveys a great deal of information.
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How I Love Thee ING Direct, Let Me Count the Ways – Savings, Checking, and More
I’ve had a high interest savings account with ING Direct going back to 2003.
I was at my parent’s house doing my taxes on their computer with Turbo Tax. At the end of the session an ad popped up with an offer to sign up to ING Direct’s online savings account and get what I recall a $50 bonus. I had heard of them before but being 2003 I was skeptical of online banking. But since ING Direct required only a dollar to sign up I figured it was worth doing for nothing more than the $50 bonus.
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10 Free Investment Credits From ShareBuilder (And $50 Signup Bonus)
Online investment company ShareBuilder (owned by ING Direct) is offering up 10 free investment credits to new and existing customers who set up an Automatic Investment Plan before January 31st. This is a great way to start investing for the New Year! Normally automatic investments are $4 per trade.
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