Category Archives: Personal Finance
Arizona Unclaimed Property
Have you forgotten about a checking or savings account, an old uncashed check, stock, safe deposit box, utility refund, etc.? Well, here’s good news. Arizona is considered a “custodial state” and holds such property on behalf of the owners of lost or abandoned property. Unclaimed property is reported to Arizona when the owner’s last known [...]
ASU NP Care Program
If you do not have health insurance and are in need of low-cost healthcare, you can join the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Care program. Everyone is eligible. ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation offers the NP Care program on the Downtown Phoenix campus and other locations for a nominal fee. As a member of the [...]
FDIC Insurance Coverage Permanent
According to an FDIC press release today, basic FDIC insurance coverage is permanently increased to $250,000 per depositor – On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which, in part, permanently raises the current standard maximum deposit insurance amount to $250,000. The standard maximum insurance amount [...]
Frugality – It’s Not Only For Americans
Nigerian frugality, courtesy of Godfrey Danchimah and The Laugh Factory.
How To Rollover Your 401K
I’ve known a few people in my career in pharmacy who have left their 401k contributions invested in their former employers’ sponsored retirement savings plans only because they didn’t know what to do with it after they left. That’s unfortunate, because many of the employer-sponsored 401k (and similar) retirement savings plans that I’ve experienced are [...]