Update May 2024: Juno just sent out the following e-mail today, which may be the best of example of public relations double-speak that I've seen in a while. Look at all those meaningless words! 😳 Juno paid out a lot of above-average … [Read the rest]
The 2024 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting occurred on May 4th, 2024, and while there are lots of articles offering highlights (including this one), it's never the same feeling as tuning into the actual thing. I always find a few nuggets … [Read the rest]
Here's my monthly roundup of the best interest rates on cash as of May 2024, roughly sorted from shortest to longest maturities. There are lesser-known opportunities available to individual investors, often earning you a lot more money while keeping … [Read the rest]
Offer is back, new deadline is June 28th. Robinhood has brought back their 1% ACAT Transfer bonus of a flat 1% of the transferred amount with no cap. That means a transfer of $10,000 in asset value from an external brokerage account will earn a … [Read the rest]
Vanguard recently announced some new and/or increased fees for their brokerage accounts. Here is their updated full commission & fee schedule. The following are effective July 1, 2024: Account closure and ACAT outgoing transfer fee: A $100 fee … [Read the rest]
Evergreen Money is a new fintech startup focused on tax-smart money management by Bill Harris, previously CEO of Intuit, PayPal, and Personal Capital (now Empower). Here a short video clip of his Bloomberg TV appearance. They are starting out … [Read the rest]
Update: Savings I Bonds bought from May 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024 will have a fixed rate of 1.30%, for a total composite rate of 4.28% for the first 6 months. The semi-annual inflation rate was 1.48% as predicted (2.96% annually), but the … [Read the rest]
Vanguard recently announced that they are selling their individual 401(k), multiple-participant SEP, and SIMPLE IRA plan business to Ascensus (press release). They've already updated their small business retirement plan page. One-person SEP IRAs … [Read the rest]
SoFi Invest is offering an increased ACAT transfer bonus up to $10,000 for transferring in new assets. Some of the tiers are double what they used to be, but the minimum holding period was also increased. Valid for both taxable brokerage accounts … [Read the rest]
E-Trade is offering an increased transfer offer for existing E-Trade customers of up to $6,000 for transferring in new assets. This specific offer only applies to non-retirement accounts. You must enroll in the offer first after logging into your … [Read the rest]
Update January 2025: This promo is back, but at 2% of asset transferred instead of the old 3%. Still a good deal, and many of the details below may be useful. Update May 2024: This promo is now over. I ended up moving over my spouse's IRA as … [Read the rest]
If you don't remember, Acorns was a hot app for a little while due to their primary feature of allowing you to automatically "round up" your purchases and invest them into a portfolio of ETFs. So if you made a $10.45 purchase, it would be rounded … [Read the rest]
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