Save $50 a Day, 2011: Investing and Personal Finance
We'll show you how to target mutual fund expenses and trading commissions, make bank fees disappear, pump up your 401(k) to leverage your tax cut and refinance your mortgage to lower your rate.
Slash Investing Costs
Vanguard has made saving on fund fees even easier
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index
Trade for Free
you could avoid paying trading costs altogether
Try Munis
Vanguard's Intermediate Term Tax-Exempt Bond fund
you'll make $7 more per $1,000 ($37 versus $30) with the tax-exempt fund
Leverage Your Tax Cut
Stash that found money in your 401(k)
Sign Up for Automatic Debit
eliminate late fees that can cost as much as $35 a month
Transfer Your Balance
Interest-free credit-card debt
Avoid ATM Fees
Surcharge-free ATM withdrawals are worth investigating
Refinance Your Mortgage
you can reap a one-time savings by finding cheaper title insurance
SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Food and Medicine
SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Shopping and Entertainment
SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Travel & Transportation
SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Utilities and Home Improvement
