Cromely's World

Since I've been exercising more lately, I have more chance to listen to my podcasts, even if some of them are a month or more older by n...

It's been two years since I last hauled all my shreddables to the industrial shredder .  I've had boxes of retired paper taking up ...

I got this email today. I imagine others have too. It allegedly comes from "refunds@irs.gov."But beware. THIS IS A SCAM! Tax Re...

A couple weeks ago, Microsoft made they sad announcement that they are discontinuing my favorite video game -- Microsoft Money. The current...

A stimulus package should encourage spending. In that respect, it's ironic to rely on this tool, since an orgy of debt heavy consumer s...

Last year, I made my annual deposit into my Roth IRA and then did the best thing I possibly could have with that cash -- nothing. 2008 was ...

"The Millionaire Next Door" is a great read for anyone who wants to be wealthy, or who wants to understand what it means to be we...

Two years passed since I last bought MSFT Money. That meant I could no longer use it for online banking. It makes little sense to me why th...

If you want to get learn more about how the current mortgage crisis came about, This American Life recently did a great broadcast on it. T...

In January, 2006, I bought a small-ish digital camera. I wanted one that I could geekishly attach to my belt and carry everywhere. In case...

Today I got a check for $318.74 from the state of New York. After a certain period of inactivity, banks, brokerage house, insurance companie...

Here's how to delete it. How to remove your personal financial information from MSN Money It's actually a pretty nice feature. If y...

Steve Chapman writes an intersting article about the gender gap in pay. New Year's Day is called that because it begins a new year, an...

When Jon and I watched Mind Meld a couple years back, it seemed like William Shatner was always looking for the next gimmick -- the next d...

Today wraps up Arbitrage Week at Cromely's World. In the past few days, I covered the concept of the arbitrage program, some of the comm...

Now that you have the cash, what do you do with it? Put it in the safest investment vehicle you can find. You have a limited time to profit ...

To make the arbitrage program work, you have to get the credit card’s cash into your account. Usually when the credit card companies extend ...

Credit Card companies offer Balance Transfers because they want to make money. It’s that simple. They don’t expect you to take their money a...

Please note -- Posts in my Arbitrage series describe one way a person can profit from differences in interest rates. I do not guarantee that...