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Back in 2016 I signed up for an auto rental insurance as a benefit of my AMEX card. I guess you get charged a one time fee of $19.99 when you charge your rental on your card. I have not used this coverage but instead I've been using my auto insurance policy when I rent a car. Has anyone used...

Based on this article from MarketWatch it seems that the majority of retirement age Americans failed a retirement knowledge quiz. From the article:" Almost 75% of Americans in retirement age failed a retirement literacy quiz hosted by the American College of Financial Services, which asked...

Another story about professional athletes mismanaging their money and filing for bankruptcy. Portis apparently made 43 millions in his career and now he's broke. He even stiffed his own mother for a half million bucks and owes four different women 412K in domestic support...

I attended a "What to know before taking Social Security" seminar with Fidelity. I'm not sure if this was a private client account invitation but I assume it was since it included an open bar and a three course meal at a country club. I used to decline these invitations before but not...

My dentist just informed me that I split a tooth in half and need an implant. The same tooth had an Onlay and a root canal procedure done less than two years ago. He is referring me to a dental surgeon for the extraction, bone graft and eventual implant. I plan to get a quote from the provider...

A recent thread about A/C replacement has reminded me about winter covers for my compressors. I heard that covering the compressor unit may do more harm than good due to condensation buildup over the winter months. In our old residence I always covered the unit but both units in our new 4 year...

We've lived in our newly constructed townhouse for two years now. We have about 3000 sq ft on 3 floors with 9 "First Alert" photosynthetic smoke detectors 5 of which are CO/Smoke combo in the hallways, 3 smokes in the bedroom and 1 heat sensor in the garage. These are hard wired detectors with...

After getting her BA in 2005 DD worked in higher ed administration for a private university. Last year she returned to school full time and got an accelerated Masters degree in Marketing communication. She is due to officially graduate at the end of August after completing an internship. She has...

Recently I updated Mcafee virus and firewall protection on my desktop but have not been able to access this website even after disabling Mcafee. I have no problems accessing any other websites including banking and financial sites but not this one. Any ideas on why it's happening and how to fix...

I have a laptop that runs Vista with Mcafee's one month free trial anti virus that is due to expire in a week or so. I use the free version of AOL security center on my Desktop with Windows XP but their vista version is not available yet neither is Verizon's. I would rather not pay the annual...

My daughter got into an accident driving my DW's car and the insurance company deemed the car a total loss. I have been dealing with the insurance company directly (No agent) I feel that the car is repairable and I would like to have it repaired and give it to my daughter. I am willing to accept...

Ok I know that manufacturing and software jobs have been moving overseas for sometime but HR and financial audit.............. http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/02/11/outsourcing_expands_to_cover_all_but_the_core/

Anybody watched the big choke job by the Cowboys? Au revoir Parcells :laugh: :laugh:. What do think about the lousy coaching job by Herm. You only score 8 points against the worst run defense in the league with Larry Johnson as your running back!!!!! No first downs until middle of the third...

We were awaking at 3:00 Am this morning on the loud sound of the smoke detector going off in my house for the first time. The sound was extremely loud but it did the job of quickly getting us out of bed. The alarm stopped after 10 seconds or so and fortunately everyhting was OK on all three...

A co-worker who has no clue on investing and is planning to retire in a couple years met this financial advisor from a bank where his wife work to discuss developping his financial plan and manage his investments for a 1% fee. I have been trying to talk this guy into consolidating his...

I am not sure if this was discussed before but has anybody been a victim of idendity theft? how did it impact you and what did you do about it?

Hi everyone, I have heard that you can withdraw money out of a 401K plan at age 55 without penalty. Is this true?