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Manufacturing transactions is harder than you think

March 5, 2024 by indyfinance Leave a Comment

There are countless methods of manufacturing credit card spend, but the basic principles are simple: generate a credit card purchase (usually at some cost), liquidate the purchase back to cash (usually at some cost), and use the cash (plus any costs paid) to pay off the credit card balance. If you generate more in credit card rewards than you pay in costs, the technique is … [Read more...] about Manufacturing transactions is harder than you think

Inverted yield curves, rate expectations, and floating-rate certificates

May 10, 2023 by indyfinance Leave a Comment

As in my wont, I was browsing through depositaccounts.com to see if anything interesting was happening in the world of consumer-facing interest rates. I was surprised to see a few new borrowers at the top of the interest rate league table, with Merchants Bank of Indiana and Workers Credit Union offering 5.65% APY on 36-month certificates. The products used a term I hadn't seen … [Read more...] about Inverted yield curves, rate expectations, and floating-rate certificates

How to think about stockpiling Series I savings bonds

May 27, 2022 by indyfinance 2 Comments

Become a Patron! A reader whose financial savvy I highly value surprised me the other day by saying that he'd been maximizing his Series I Savings Bond purchases for many years. This surprised me since the "fixed" portion of the semi-annual composite interest rate had hovered between 0% and 0.5% APY since 2012, and the "inflation" portion of the composite rate between 0% … [Read more...] about How to think about stockpiling Series I savings bonds

Schwab’s forthcoming direct indexing platform might be worth a look for the merely affluent

April 11, 2022 by indyfinance Leave a Comment

Become a Patron! All the way back in 2020 I offered some speculative predictions about the future of so-called "direct indexing." This is the logical end point of the proposition, promoted by the tax-evasion industry, that by swapping between closely-correlated-but-not-identical securities, those with taxable investments can generate capital losses that can be used to offset … [Read more...] about Schwab’s forthcoming direct indexing platform might be worth a look for the merely affluent

What’s the real story behind the zillionaire widow defrauded by her grandsons?

March 8, 2021 by indyfinance 1 Comment

Become a Patron! Via TravelBloggerBuzz, last week I read a fascinating story about the resolution of a FINRA arbitration complaint against two JPMorgan financial advisors by their grandmother, whose money they had supposedly misallocated for the benefit of themselves and their employer. Unfortunately, for the usual reason (laziness) the business journalist was unable to … [Read more...] about What’s the real story behind the zillionaire widow defrauded by her grandsons?

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