Comments on: Automate your financial life

By: 10 easy ways to save money now | MoneyMerc

10 easy ways to save money now | MoneyMerc — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:21:38 +0000

[...] and only use them. In NYC, Chase is really the best, they have the most ATMs of any bank (see how my automated finances allow me to use online checking to improve interest rates, but still use Chase). Or, choose an [...]

By: Mint.com just got sweeter: track your spending and investments too | MoneyMerc

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:43:17 +0000

[...] For those who haven’t tried it yet, Mint.com is a financial management web site which you put in all your log-in details of accounts, and it automatically logs into all of them for you every day and downloads the activity. Then it takes each transaction and categorizes it for you. This is insanely useful if you “don’t know where all the money goes.” It gives you all kinds of fancy pie-charts on your spending, integrates budgets into each category, and even sends reminders to pay bills (if you don’t have them automated already). [...]

By: Why I like Fidelity - choose the right place to put your money | MoneyMerc

Why I like Fidelity - choose the right place to put your money | MoneyMerc — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:03:45 +0000

[...] tons of time when re-balancing your allocation. It’s sort of like Mint, which I’ve recommended before, but covers ALL types of [...]

By: Get Thee a Plan - Part 3 | MoneyMerc

Get Thee a Plan - Part 3 | MoneyMerc — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:29:17 +0000

[...] automate my finances (direct deposit, auto-bill pay, auto-invest) [done - see how I do it] [...]

By: Nnamdi

Nnamdi — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:30:06 +0000

Alex,

Nice information. I also have an ING, but use it as a long term savings account. Never thought to use your method. I do take advantage of their CDs. I would like to see a post on credit cards (both personal and business strategies) . I have been using Chase’s credit card and love their cash rewards.

I will have to investigate EmigrantDirect and E-Loan.

- Nnamdi

By: Senor Bala

Senor Bala — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:19:56 +0000

What’s up Alex. Nice break down of stuff. I especially like the term life post.

If you’d like a higher return on your savings, you may want to check out both EmigrantDirect (2.75%, has consistently beats ING for ~3 years), or E-Loan (3.01%, has beaten Emigrant the last year).

Also, I know Chase does auto pay (and gives 1% cash back). I hear of cards that do better, but have been too lazy to switch. You may want to cover when it’s good to have credit card debt in a future post (getting 0% interest for instance, but making sure you save the amount to pay in a lump sum when the holiday is over)

Hope this helps, thanks for taking your time to provide so much information!

By: Aaron Wakling

Aaron Wakling — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:15:13 +0000

I found your site on Google and read a few of your other entires. Nice Stuff. I’m looking forward to reading more from you.