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Weekend Linkage - June 1, 2008
2008-06-01 17:39:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Hope you enjoy these articles from The Money Writers and friends. Invest in What You Know Did Warren Buffet say that? Even if he didn’t say the exact sentence, he did stay away from business that he doesn’t know. From Bad Investing Habits To Investing Sins: Many Unhappy Returns Did you ... More About: June , Weekend , Linkage , 2008
TransUnion Settlement to Let You Get Free Credit Score
2008-05-31 17:40:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary According to a MarketWatch report yesterday, Trans Union , one of the three major credit report agencies, has settled a class action lawsuit which could mean free credit score and credit monitoring service for up to 9 months for millions. The lawsuit accused that TransUnion sold customer information to third parties ... More About: Credit , Free , Score
A New Look
2008-05-30 20:22:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary If you get the contents of this blog via a feed reader, chances are you haven’t visited the site for some time (though I do have some related post links in my feed). If that’s the case, then I invite you to come back for a look because the ... More About: Others
Join Focus Group, Get Paid
2008-05-30 04:51:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary A couple of months ago I joined a online focus group, Focus Forward, hoping to make a few bucks in my spare time. I used to do a lot of online surveys, making a couple of hundreds a month. Not a big money, but nice to have. The ... More About: Paid , Join , Group
How to Talk about Money in any Stage in a Relationship
2008-05-29 16:29:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary The following is a guest post from Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, author of the book, Financial Infidelity: Seven Steps to Conquering the #1 Relationship Wrecker. Dr. Weil has been an internationally acclaimed relationship therapist for thirty years. New York magazine named her one of the city?s top therapists ... More About: Money , Talk , Stage
ShareBuilder $25 Promotion Code
2008-05-29 04:29:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Got this offer from MyPoints . If you want to open a ShareBuilder account, then use promo code SBMP25 to receive a $25 bonus plus 550 points from MyPoints. To get the bonus, a new account must be opened and at least one security must be purchased. Once these conditions are ... More About: Promotion , Code , Bonus , Sharebuilder
New Rule Opens Door for Online Real Estate Brokers
2008-05-28 16:10:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary and home buyers could save hundreds or thousands of dollars on commissions as online real estate brokers can compete with their local counterparts more effectively. The Justice Department yesterday announced that it has reached a tentative settlement with the National Association of Real tors on an antitrust lawsuit that accused NAR ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Brokers , Online
Save Money on Gas by Changing Driving Habit?
2008-05-27 19:19:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I have two gas station receipts in my hands: one from last Monday and one yesterday. They are both from the same gas station where I always fill up my car on my way to work every week. On these two receipts, in addition to the ever-increasing gas ... More About: Money , Save Money , Driving , Changing , Save
Thanks for the Generous Donations!
2008-05-27 06:14:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Last week, I started a donation drive for the Sichuan earthquake relief. During the seven days from May 15 to May 22, a total of $215 donation was made to the effort by readers from countries/regions as far as Greece and Hong Kong. I’d like to take this opportunity ... More About: China , Donations , Generous
RevolutionMoneyExchange $25 Sign up Bonus still Alive?
2008-05-23 05:58:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Revolution Money Exchange ’s $25 sign up bonus promotion was supposed to end on May 15, 2008, but it looks like the offer is still alive. Yesterday, a reader emailed asking for a referral link so he can get an additional $5 bonus. I emailed back with the link and later asked the ... More About: Bonus , Sign
Hospital Compare: Compare Hospitals Online
2008-05-23 04:49:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary U.S. Department of Health & Human Services recently launched a website, Hospital Compare , that allows patients to compare measures of quality of care of more than 2500 hospitals nationwide. The website, which was created by the joint effort of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of DHHS and ... More About: Online , Hospitals
Capital One Online Savings Account Opened
2008-05-22 05:18:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I have been considering getting a new online savings account with a better rate for quite a while. The banks I am using right now (IGoBanking and FNBO Direct) are OK, but their rates are not as competitive as they used to be. After looking around and evaluating potential ... More About: Online , Opened , Capital One , Capital
Suspending the Zecco Referral Bonus Sharing Program
2008-05-20 16:48:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I started my own Zecco referral bonus sharing program back in December 2007 when Zecco relaunched its Zecco Friend program. At the beginning, it was actually pretty good. I sent new customers to Zecco and got a $50 bonus for each new customer shortly after they opened and funded ... More About: Referral , Bonus , Brokerage , Program , Sharing
To Honor My Compatriots
2008-05-20 04:19:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary who lost their lives in last week’s earthquake in Sichuan, China , I have temporarily removed the Great Wall header image and replaced it with just black and white. I will run this theme from May 19 to 21, China’s national mourning period for the 32,476 people killed in the ... More About: Honor
Well, Credit Card Companies are the Same
2008-05-19 16:06:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Not just that they all want your money, but the way they treat you as a customer. Last year, I had a nightmare with American Express over the fraudulent charges on my Costco TrueEarnings card. Though eventually, the issue seems to be resolved, I had to keep calling and calling ... More About: Companies , Credit Cards , Personal Finance , Card , Credit
Weekend Linkage - May 18, 2008
2008-05-19 05:10:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Check out the following articles form The Money Writers and beyond. Reader Mail: How Do I Reduce Investment Fees? @ Million Dollar Journey Stay away from load funds, buy funds with lower expense ratio, and avoid frequent trading of stocks (unless you do zero-commission trading). Well, these are actually my ideas ... More About: Weekend , Linkage , 2008
Are These Myths Preventing You from Saving for Children?s Higher Education?
2008-05-18 21:51:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary We started to save for our daughter’s future education shortly after they were born (for our second daughter, we did wait nearly four months before opening a 529 plan for her ) and since then we have been making monthly contributions to their 529 accounts, currently5. Th at ... More About: Education , Children , Personal Finance , Myths , Saving
Got Unused ING Direct Referrals?
2008-05-16 04:22:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I can host them for you here on this blog! When I published my ING Direct Orange Savings Account $25 signup bonus post on April 27, I thought it could be a while before all the 25 referral links are taken because, ING Direct, as well as this referral problem, ... More About: Bonus
Soliciting Earthquake Relief Donation
2008-05-15 06:39:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Since the 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated Sichuan province in southwest China two days ago, I spent a large amount of time everyday on the web, following closely the rescue effort . The more I read, the more sad I feel, especially when I saw pictures of bodies young schoolchildren pull ... More About: Earthquake , Donation , Relief
Soliciting Earthquake Relief Donation
2008-05-15 06:39:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Since the 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated Sichuan province in southwest China two days ago, I spent a large amount of time everyday on the web, following closely the rescue effort . The more I read, the more sad I feel, especially when I saw pictures of bodies young schoolchildren pull ... More About: Earthquake , Donation , Relief , Featured
RevolutionMoneyExchange $30 Promotion Ends Tomorrow
2008-05-14 17:48:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary All good things must come to an end, including the promotion from Revolution Money Exchange . It has been two months since I reviewed RME, the Paypal competitor, and offered an additional $5 bonus on top of the $25 signup bonus from RME. The promotion, which has been run much longer, will ... More About: Promotion , Bonus
Oakmark, T. Rowe Price Reopen Funds
2008-05-13 16:13:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary The Oakmark Funds reopened its Global Fund (OAKGX) on May 9, 2008. The fund, which has been closed to new investors since December 2003, invests in both domestic and foreign markets, holding 42.6% of its assets in U.S. stocks and and the rest in developed and emerging economies outside ... More About: Rowe , Mutual fund , Price
China: 2008
2008-05-13 04:55:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary 2008 was supposed to be a good year for China while the Olympics coming to Beijing for the first time. Instead, the country was hit by disasters, natural and man-made, one after another: In late January, early February, half of the country was frozen after the worst winter snowstorm in ...
Best Cash Back Credit Cards
2008-05-12 16:17:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I am a credit card person. Wherever possible, I use credit cards to pay for my purchases. To me, credit cards are my friend, not foe. The reasons for me to favor credit cards over debit cards or cash are twofold: I know exactly where my money went, I can get ... More About: Credit Cards , Credit , Back , Cash , Cards
Weekend Linkage - May 11, 2007
2008-05-11 17:43:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Personal Finance Across Borders I - Retirement Accounts Million Dollar Journey compared retirement saving accounts offered in the U.S. and Canada. No much difference I have to say. 7 Tips to Simplify Today Brip Blap offers some ideas to live a simple life. The one I like the most is ... More About: Weekend , Linkage
Online Bank Savings & Check Interest Rates
2008-05-09 16:57:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary It has been more than four months since I last updated my little interest rates table. During this four-month period, the rate picture of online banks has changed a lot, going down 5% something to mostly in the neighbourhood of 3% APY, as the Fed cut interest rates every ... More About: Personal Finance , Interest Rates , Banking , Check , Online
Save Money on Gas Tips from Consumer Reports
2008-05-08 05:32:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary In the June issue of Consumer Reports, the magazine gives its readers some ideas to save money at the pump. In addition to tips that we have already knew, such as avoiding rapid acceleration/stop, there are also tips that I didn’t know before or haven’t paid any attention, such ... More About: Money , Save Money , Tips , Consumer Reports
E-Trade Raise Rates on Complete Savings Account: Interest Rates Bottomed?
2008-05-07 04:23:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary In a sign that interest rates may stop falling and start rising, E-Trade Financial sent me an email this afternoon with a surprising update: Start May 8, they will increase the interest rate of their Complete Savings Account from the current 3.01% APY to 3.15% APY, though the Fed ... More About: Interest Rates , Banking , Interest , Rates
First-Class Postage Going Up Again, Soon
2008-05-06 16:35:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Back in February, the U.S. Postal Service announced that the postage for one-ounce first-class mail will go up by 1 cent to 42 cents next Monday, May 12th, so does the price for a Forever stamp. When the stamp was first introduced in 2007, I didn’t buy any extra other ... More About: First Class , Class
Chinese ADRs Monthly Update - April 2008
More articles from this author:2008-05-05 15:41:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary April has turned out to be a pretty good month for equity investors. After all three major indices dropped to 52-week low in early March, stocks rebounded last month after financial firms indicated that the worst part of the current crisis may be over. The Dow ended April with ... More About: China , Chinese , Update , 2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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