I have been reading Suze Orman's new book
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny and took her advice and opened an Ameritrade money market account. She has partnered with Ameritrade to try to get women to take control of their finances.The challenge is to direct deposit at least $50 a month for a year. At the end of that year Ameritrade will give you a $100 bonus! Not bad earnings.
So I checked on-line today and my account is open and active!
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I set the direct deposit up by having it taken from my checking account each month. That way I just need to remember to write it down on the 1st of the month.
I really like the book. It's set up to be worked through in 5 months. Each month you concentrate on a few tasks she gives you to do so that by the end of the 5 months you pretty much have your finances in order. For example, the first month concentrates on learning to balance your bank statement each month and it goes from there to beginning to invest in your retirement and getting a will and trust in place. She begins with very basic financial goals, assuming that a lot of women may not have ever taken charge of their finances before.
I read more than half of it last weekend, so yes, it held my attention. I hope to finish it this weekend.
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What are you going to do with the $5000 once it's there? How long will it take to get the $5000?