We DINKS subscribe to the entertainment card. For those of you who don’t know what this is, its a coupon book containing discounts for restaurants, travel and entertainment. Use the book a couple of times and it pays for itself.

Much to our glee, we opened the packaging on the 2007 entertainment card guide and out popped a flyer for, of all companies…Sharebuilder! Written in the small print on the flyer was a new Sharebuilder code, this one giving you a fifty dollar bonus. The codes is:

50ENT

In order to take advantage of this you’ll have to login to Sharebuilder using the following URL:

www.sharebuilder.com/50ent

After that you’ll need to go through the sign up process and fund your account. The $50 bonus should come about 4 to 5 weeks after your first trade executes. Old Sharebuilder hands should know how this process works, if you’re new, you can call the company at (800) 747-2537. You know that this offer is only good until the end of 2006.

Hope this helps!

Best,

James

P.S. To let our readers know where we stand. First off, Sharebuilder is a fine company, but I’m planning on transferring my Sharebuilder accounts over to Schwab after our $50 signup bonus credits to the account. We are doing this for several reasons. First, consolidating our accounts in a centralized location is easier from a management standpoint. Also, Sharebuilders interface is still a bit clunky and given our investment strategy, the pricing is favorable at schwab. But hey, 50 bucks is 50 bucks!

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1) Collaborate: Meet regularly to talk about money, set goals together, track and monitor them.

2) Understand and respect your partner. Take time to understand your partners values about money.

3) Watch the numbers. Get a budget, monitor your spending and track your net worth.

4) Max your retirement. Maximize contributions to your tax deferred retirement accounts.

5) Invest in stock. Stocks perform better than bonds or cash.

6) Avoid high interest debt. Credit cards and title loans are financial cancer.

7) Diversify. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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