TheLadders: Find a Great Job Today!

Reviews

tradeMONSTER Review

April 22, 2012

The online discount broker tradeMONSTER is a newcomer, but its founders are anything but. The duo responsible for tradeMONSTER is made up of the same people behind optionsMONSTER, a media and reporting company that reports unusual options activity during the trading day. Let’s review what tradeMONSTER has to offer to compare it to other online [...]

Read the full article →

6% Cash Back and $150 Bonus – The Best Card on Earth

March 8, 2012

If you’re going to use a credit card, you might as well optimize your cash back! I do, and it brings us tax-free income of $700-$1000 a year depending on what we’re up to.  Well, now there’s there ultimate card for what’s probably your single biggest expense – groceries! (and next biggest – gas!)  The [...]

Read the full article →

eCampus Review – Online Rental Textbooks. Genius!

October 26, 2011

The following is a review of eCampus.com which is a rapidly growing college text book rental business. Add this one to the list of companies I wish I’d started when I was in college.  Not just because the business is exploding (According to eCampus.com, nearly 1 in 5 of all college textbook purchased online today [...]

Read the full article →

Darwin’s Summer Book Reading List

July 19, 2011

Here’s a list of books I either read recently, I’m currently reading, or I’d love to read this summer.  I’d be interested in hearing your favorite picks as well. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – There are tons of books out by now on the housing crash, Wall Street crash and such, but [...]

Read the full article →

Betterment Review: Investing Made Simple

April 13, 2011

Betterment is a hot new investing service that boils down the litany of investment options to just a few basic choices.  It’s simple.  Stocks or Bonds.  And how much.  It can’t be any simpler, right? Should It Be This Simple? Granted, there are numerous investment strategies and sectors out there for retail investors ranging in [...]

Read the full article →

I’m SAVING 7% at LOWES & 12% at STARBUCKS for Life – So Can You!

March 9, 2011

I’m a fuge fan of financial innovations and market forces creating efficiencies that didn’t exist previously.  With the advent of the internet and some obvious ideas, I’m now saving anywhere from 5%-15% on various major spending categories in our family through simply buying discounted gift cards at Plastic Jungle.  Basically, since so many people are [...]

Read the full article →

FREE Trades in a Self-Directed IRA. Perfect Timing for Year-End

November 1, 2010

In case you weren’t aware, instead of opening up an IRA (Roth or Traditional) with a mutual fund company, you can easily establish a self-directed IRA with an online brokerage and enjoy the flexibility of making individual ETF and stock investments.  ETFs are cheaper than funds and stocks allow for the flexibility and potential of [...]

Read the full article →