Archive for April, 2009

The Kellermann suicide tragedy

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I have been slowly working my way through news accounts relating to the death of  David Kellermann, the Freddie Mac CFO who allegedly took his own life last week. His death is not the only suicide related to our recent financial meltdown, but it was the first one that really ...

Did you hear Dave Ramsey get political, fellow personal finance bloggers?

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I attended a showing of Dave Ramsey's  Town Hall for Hope last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ramsey's message was optimistic - similar to my post earlier this spring - but listed more specifics and with much greater authority. Before last week, I was not very familiar with Dave Ramsey, I ...

Friday Stack: Dave Ramsey Hope Edition

Friday, April 24th, 2009

I greatly enjoyed Mr. Ramsey's presentation in his Townhall for Hope event last night and I appreciate many of the ideas he presented. He was more political than I expected and I think that many views that have been presented here at Rocket Finance were validated. More to come. Dave Ramsey ...

The pursuit of profit is a blessing

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I interact with a lot of liberals - in my family, in my workplace, on Facebook and throughout the blogosphere. We always go round and round about the usual ideas about which liberals and conservatives argue. One thing that I have found remarkable is the number of times that progressives ...

$75 or $50 Bank of America Checking bonus

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

I think that bank bonuses are heating up again. We have seen only a few cash incentives to open checking or savings accounts over the last 12 months. However, Chase recently came out with a limited $125 bonus for checking with direct deposit and now Bank of America is looking ...