Archive for January, 2007

Gems from Carnival of Personal Finance #85

The Carnival of Personal Finance #85 is hosted at FiveCentNickel this week. The host did a very good job in putting it together. My submission was Tax Software: Online or Desktop? These are the posts I liked the most in this carnival:

A Historical Look at Tax Brackets by Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Jim [...]

Prosper.com Or Junk Bond Fund?

I saw on several blogs people are lending on Prosper.com as way of earning extra cash over money market, CDs, or savings accounts, for example here, here, here, and here. I must admit I’m not very familiar with Prosper.com but I think I understand the concept. It’s often referred to as eBay for lending and [...]

My Blockbuster Trial (vs Netflix)

This is a post about my recent experience with Blockbuster’s Total Access DVD rental service.
Since I disconnected my cable TV over a year ago, I’ve been a Netflix subscriber. It lets me watch what I want, when I want, without commercials. But sometimes due to round trip mailing, I find myself wanting to watch something [...]

Tax Software: E-File or Mail?

This is part 3 of my posts about tax software. Other parts in this series:

Part 1: Tax Software: Online or Desktop?
Part 2: Tax Software: TurboTax, TaxCut, or TaxAct?

Part III: E-File or Mail?
In previous years, both TurboTax and TaxCut included one free Federal e-file rebate in their deluxe edition and up. This year e-file costs [...]