Weekly Readme

Nickel is in need of some help with his 415(c) issue.
Did you know that there are almost a million accidental millionaires? Seriously, I have accidents all the time and never have I become a millionaire.
JLP takes a look at Jason Clements view on mortgages.
MBH says Debit, Schmebit to the latest debit offers.
Flexo writes about a sucker who bought eight grand in Forever Stamps. Someone has to teach that guy about inflation…
Gas is freaking expensive, check out these five gas tips from GenX and reduce your reliance on those evil terrorists!
Need cash? Got blood? Donate plasma!
Are we living larger or just living differently? Lazy Man takes his first cut of two at this issue.
Ben kicks Trump while he’s down… if you didn’t know, Trump got fired this week.
The old adage is that you should spend about a third of your take home income on your housing, so Golbguru asks… how much do you spend on housing?
SVB comes up with a flowchart to help you figure out what exactly happened with the whole subprime lending thing. I’m a fan of the “default on house” step.
Sun writes about how he switched to Vanguard’ss E-Service to avoid the new fee that replaced all other fees when Vanguard changed their fee structure.
If you’re looking of something to do with your kids this summer, Raising 4 Boys has a good list of movie theaters giving away free summer movies.
If you’re thinking about where your next dollar goes when it comes to retirement, be sure to pay off credit card debt after you contribute to a matching 401K but before anything. The rewards you reap from stemming the flow will far exceed any potential gains you may get from any IRA.
You should smoke and fire detectors in your house, but you shouldn’t put rechargeable batters in those smoke and fire detectors. Rechargeables are designed for quick bursts, not the long and low sustained demands of a detector… plus you won’t know when it dies.