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Check your savings account rates

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Andrew

I had moved all my savings to Wamu before they failed and were offering 5% on their savings accounts. I knew they had been dropping the rate, but I looked the other day and it was down to 1.15%. I … Continue reading →

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My comment on a post about checkbook balancing

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Andrew

I left this comment on the Your Money Relationship site in response to this post and the Mrs. A comments, Do You Still Balance Your Checkbook? I Sure Don’t I’m one of the “young’uns” Mrs. A is referring to. I was … Continue reading →

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EPIC WAMU FAIL

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Andrew

Washington Mutual’s fall was quick and painful. The bank’s stock was down like 95% with a market cap of $2 billion and a couple hundred billion in outstanding loans so there’s no surprise they failed. What does surprise me is … Continue reading →

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