http://www.budgetcents.net Credit Card Deals Brokerage Promos and Money Saving Deals Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:23:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that the new year has begun a lot of new brokerage promotions have popped up to get people to open a new account. The Dow Jones is hovering around 10,000 so we are still a little off of the high from 2 years ago. If you have some extra ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/02/08/2010-brokerage-promotions/ That picture says it all. Starting February 3rd, Fidelity.com has slashed their trading rates down to $7.95 for stock and options trades. Prior to this you fell either into the Silver, Bronze or Gold groups based on trading history and dollars on deposit with them, and even in that case ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/02/02/fidelit-com-cuts-trading-commissions-to-7-95/ Incredible Bank, a division of River Valley Bank, is offering a high yield checking account with a pretty decent 2.02% APY for balances up to $250,000. There are no minimum balances required to earn the 2.02% APY, but they do require that you open your account with a minimum of $1000. This ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/02/01/incredible-bank-2-02-high-yield-checking-account/ Has anyone noticed that Costco gas prices still seem to be lower then most everywhere else? Well maybe it is only in my area, but their gas prices are around $.15 less than the other big franchises and about $.07 less then Sam's Club. I have now conditioned the wife ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/25/hooked-on-cheap-costco-gas/ Until midnight on Sunday you can score a free HTC Drois Eris from Wirefily.com when you sign up for a new Verizon Wireless account. This offer is also available to those that have Verizon that upgrade to a Family Plan or Add a New line to their account with a ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/22/free-htc-drois-eris-cell-phone-from-wirefly-com/ If you are looking to move that old 401k to an IRA, you may think about moving it to a Sharebuilder IRA as they are offering free trades for all of 2010. They are offering 1500 automatic investment plan credits if you open a new IRA before tax day (4/15/10) ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/22/sharebuilder-ira-promo-free-trades-for-all-of-2010/ ING is giving out a $50 bonus when you open a new Electric Orange Checking Account and making 3 signature based purchases with your debit card in the first 45 days of opening the account. Note that signature based purchases are not the same as when you enter your PIN ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/20/50-bonus-when-opening-ing-electric-orange-checking-account/ Ally Bank, which has always been known for their best savings account, has a new online interest checking account which offers unlimited ATM rebates. So not only do you not get charged by Ally bank when using an ATM, but Ally also rebates you the fees charged by the ATM. In ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/16/new-online-checking-account-from-ally-bank/ As it has done for the past 2 years, State Farm is giving away Intuit’s Online TurboTax Free to its customers. Like last year, must have a banking product with them such as a credit card or checking/savings account. Just having insurance isn't good enough to have access to the ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/13/state-farm-to-offer-free-turbotax-for-2009-taxes/ I noticed another nice little cash back bonus for you parents out there. Is you use Bing cashback and purchase Pampers from Drugstore.com, you will get a 20% cashback bonus. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Bing cashback, it is a way to earn cashback on your online ... http://www.budgetcents.net/2010/01/11/20-cashback-on-pampers-from-bing-cashback/