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Interesting Stuff Found Around the Net
By JLP | September 18, 2009
Happy Friday!
This morning was the “Me Parade” for my daughter’s Kindergarten class. The Me Parade is when the kids march around the campus, holding flags that they created that are supposed to be all about them. It’s a really cute deal The only problem is that our daughter didn’t want to say goodbye and started crying a pleading with us to take her home.
After that, my wife and I went and had a nice breakfast at Cracker Barrel. It’s nice to be without kids every now and again.
Something I’d like to try to start doing on Fridays is a sort of roundup on things I have found around the internet. Stuff that I want to mention but don’t want to dedicate an entire post too. Some will be related to personal finance and others many not.
Anyway, here are this week’s picks:
My cousins sent me a link to this article: What You Need to Know About Social Security.
Then I saw that the mayor of San Francisco wants to penalize retailers that sell sugared drinks. What I found interesting were the stats at the end of the article:
• $41 billion Amount spent treating obesity in California each year.
• 41 percent Kids ages 2-11 who drink at least one soda every day.
• 62 percent Adolescents 12-17 who drink at least one soda every day.
• 39 pounds Amount of sugar consumed over one year if you drink one soda a day.
• 17 teaspoons Amount of sugar in a 20-ounce serving of soda.
• 278 calories Increased number Americans consume each day compared with 30 years ago.
• 43 percent Share of new calories attributable to soda.
Source: “Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California” by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy
Here are 10 Things Your Bank Won’t Tell You.
Stacey sent me a link to an article detailing some of the changes coming to college financial aid.
Lastly, we have The New Math Behind FICO Scores.
NOTE: if you find an article that you think is worth a look, feel free to send it my way (JLP – at – AllFinancialMatters.com). PLEASE…NO SPAM!
Topics: Weekly Roundup | 1 Comment »
September 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
In the “10 Things Your Bank Won’t Tell You” article, there is this statement:
‘ATMs and online bank statements will show deposits available before the money is actually in your account.’
Wait — they are showing deposits as cleared, before that actually are? How exactly are we supposed to “really” know if a check has cleared or not? I absolutely do not want ANY money available from a deposit until it has truly ‘cleared’. I’m gonna call my bank about this one.