Financial Announcements

Create personal finance multimedia and win a laptop

Create a piece of multimedia relating to money, and you could win two free laptops! (And a sweet bag to carry them in.)

“Multimedia” can be a photo, a drawing, a short video, or even a song! It just has to be creative and related to personal finance.

The best entries will be featured on Poorer Than You, and a winner will be randomly selected from those top entries. (So you’ve got to put effort into it, but you can win even if you’re not the best of the best!)

Entries will be accepted on the site from now until noon, Saturday August 22nd.

Visit Poorer Than You for more details!

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Win a $500 Walmart gift card

How would you like a $500 Walmart Gift Card to help cover your back to school expenses, courtesy of Nestle?

Check out Frugal Upstate for details! Contest runs from August 5th through August 14th, 2009.

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American Banking News

In the last 12 months, many Americans have become painfully aware of how they and the companies they work for are dependent upon the nation’s banks and financial institutions. In the last year, we have seen some of the largest financial institutions in the country face bankruptcy or other financial hardship. Many institutions have seen major shakeups, significant modifications to financial product lines and an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

For this reason, the American Consumer News, LLC Network is announcing the launch of its newest publication, American Banking News. This new publication will cover the banking industry in fine detail. Specifically, American Banking News will cover which financial institutions are performing well, how regulations are changing in the financial industry, and what steps consumers need to take to make sure that they are well protected, even if their financial institution is in trouble.

You can visit American Banking News here.

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Twenty-five chances to win a computer package

Twenty-five blogs, including several personal finance blogs, have teamed up with HP to give away 25 laptop bundles meant for busy college students (or anyone else who needs both mobility and performance). Each site will give away a bundle consisting of an HP Pavilion dv6, an HP Mini 110, and a Timbuk2 backpack to carry them in!

Each site will have its own rules for how to enter their giveaway. The first giveaway starts on August 12th at Student Bloggers. For a full list of the blogs involved and the dates of their giveaways, visit BackToSchoolGiveaways.com.

In the days leading up to the giveaway, the sites will also have exclusive coupon codes to save a bundle on HP bundles! This event is not to be missed!

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Evaluate your advisor

Founded by veteran financial market professional Norman Pappous, EvaluateMyAdvisor.com was formed to do one thing: shine a bright light on the performance of investment advisors to make sure they’re earning their fees.

Fiduciaries, individual investors, as well as 401K account holders will benefit from EMA’s comprehensive report. EMA is the first website to offer average investors a “Returns Based Style Analysis” – something normally found only in institutional investment firms or wealth management firms for the ultra-wealthy. EMA goes beyond simplistic portfolio returns by performing additional analysis on how much risk the investor took to obtain their returns, and provides a written report with easy-to-understand graphs and explanations – a free sample report can be found on the website.

“Over the normal course of a relationship, it is possible to pay over $250,000 in fees to your investment advisor,” said Norman Pappous, CEO, EvaluateMyAdvisor.com. “Given the fact that your quality of life is at stake, it is critical that your advisor is more skilled at portfolio management than sales techniques. We give you information that helps answer the question: Is my investment advisor adding value to my portfolio or not? The average investor will not find an analysis like ours anywhere else.”

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Money Quantum to launch August 11th, 2009

Money Quantum is the brainchild of Flexo over at ConsumerismCommentary.com.  It’s a community designed for people who want to “make smarter money decisions no matter how small, leap towards financial wisdom,” and for anyone else who deals with money.

Members can post pictures and videos, write blog posts, discuss things in forums, announce events, hone in on specific groups, and draw on a diverse, international group of interested money folk.  There are groups on frugality, cheap dining, bargain hunting, peer-to-peer lending, home ownership, buy-and-hold investing, financial planning, retirement planning, and more!

Membership is free.  It’s by invitation only through the August 11, 2009, launch date – contact Flexo over at ConsumerismCommentary.com for an invitation – but anyone can register after the launch.

Dust off your money science notes and head over to Money Quantum!

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Eliminate the Muda?

Muda is a Japanese term for waste. This new blog is focused on helping you eliminate the wastes of time and money enabling you to achieve your financial goals sooner.

We prove it is easier to save a dollar than to make a dollar.

Start your journey to eliminating muda here.

Learn a little and share a little if you can contribute to our goal of spending less and saving more.

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Win a Sumo Lounge Omni Bean Bag Chair at Moolanomy

Continuing our two year anniversary and the recent launch of Moolanomy Answers,  Sumo Lounge is sponsoring a giveaway of Sumo Lounge Omni Bean Bag Chair to one lucky winner.

In order to participate, you must sign up to be part of the Moolanomy Answers community and either post a financial question or answer before August 15, 2009.

You chance to win will be weighted by how much you participate in the community. For example, if you have 20 questions and answers, you’re 10 times more likely to win compared to someone with only 1 question and 1 answer.  Current Moolanomy Answers members are already in!

One winner will be selected on August 15, 2009.  S/he will be contacted via email and Sumo Lounge will send him/her the Omni directly.

Check out Moolanomy Answers for more information!

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