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Free Finance Magazines
2008-05-03 02:27:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I have been a reader of Financial Planning magazine for nearly two years and find it’s a pretty good source for financial information. Actually, it’s one of two magazines that I currently subscribe to (the other one is Kiplinger’s Personal Finance , but I won’t renew it when the subscription ... More About: Magazines , Free , Featured
Wasatch Reopens Two Micro-Cap Funds
2008-05-02 16:46:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Micro -cap fund specialist Washtch Advisors today announced that it will temporarily reopen two micro-cap funds, Wasatch International Opportunities Fund (WAIOX) Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund (WAMVX), to all investors. Unlike other funds that were recently reopened, these two funds seem never available to individual investors because they were both ... More About: Mutual fund , Funds
April 2008 Score Card ? Part I: Net Worth
2008-05-02 03:30:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary After five straight monthly loses, we finally saw some meaningful increase in our paper wealth in April , thanks to a strong showing in the stock markets. Our net worth has suffered huge losses since last November when stocks peaked and started trading lower and lower amid financial market turmoil. ... More About: Card , Net worth , Worth , Part
Zecco: Go Paperless or Pay for Your Paper Statement
2008-05-01 17:53:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Since I began to actively use my Zecco account to trade stocks in March, I got myself a task that I don’t want: find a place to store the mail Zecco sent me every time I made a trade. It’s not really a piece of junk mail that I ... More About: Brokerage , Paper , Statement
Free Museums Admission for Bank of America Customers
2008-05-01 03:17:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Bank of America is offering its customers free museum admissions on the first weekend of the month throughout the year through their Museums on Us program. The program currently covers 70 museums in 18 states: Georgia, New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, Michigan, Maine, Arizona, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington, Connecticut, ... More About: Free Stuff , Customers , Free , Bank of America
Do You Budget?
2008-04-29 20:55:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary If you do, then what’s the reason for you to budget? I don’t and I don’t know whether that’s a problem for me or not. There were several years in the 90s when I wrote every penny I spent in notebooks, not to better plan how to spend my money next ... More About: Budget
Weekend Linkage - April 27, 2008
2008-04-28 05:19:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Best Gas Credit Cards to Save You Money at the Pump Money Smart Life suggested use credit cards to save money when filling up your car. Some of them are also covered in my previous post. With gas price near $4/gallon, a 3% rebate isn’t too small to let ... More About: April , Weekend , Linkage , 2008
ING Direct Orange Savings Account $25 Sign up Bonus
2008-04-27 21:43:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Do you need an ING Direct Orange Savings Account? This product has been around long enough (probably one of the oldest online savings accounts) and I feel that anyone who wants to have an account probably already has one. Though their rate (3.0% APY) isn’t that great right now as ... More About: Bonus , Sign
ING Direct Orange Savings Account $25 Sign up Bonus
2008-04-27 21:43:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Do you need an ING Direct Orange Savings Account? This product has been around long enough (probably one of the oldest online savings accounts) and I feel that anyone who wants to have an account probably already has one. Though their rate (3.0% APY) isn’t that great right now as ... More About: Bonus , Sign , Featured
Bought another Piece of Gold
2008-04-26 05:13:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary A little over one year ago, I bought a Buffalo gold coin when the price was around $640 an ounce. Somehow, I never considered that as an investment, though gold has gained a lot in the past year. Currently at $885, gold actually made a good investment Since ... More About: Gold , Alternative , Piece
Your Economic Stimulus Check is Coming
2008-04-25 19:00:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary When the Economic Stimulus Payment schedule was initially announced on March 17, IRS said the first check will be made on May 2 to taxpayers who selected to receive the payment via direct deposit and on May 16 for those who choose to receive paper check instead. Now, the schedule ... More About: Check
Looking for Cheaper Gas?
2008-04-25 04:32:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Then come to New Jersey! And fill up at gas stations along the Garden State’s pay road! With national average of regular gas at $3.574/gallon (Gasbuddy.com), NJ’s $3.374/gallon average is the second lowest (only Wyoming has cheaper gas). However, $3.374 per gallon is NOT the cheapest you can find in the ...
Time to Stock up Rice?
2008-04-24 04:45:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Yesterday on my way to home, I heard on radio that some Costco stores in the California’s Bay area are setting limits on how much rice and flour a customer can purchase. According to Costco’s CEO, the limits were put in place after what he saw as “unusual demands” ... More About: Time , Rice , Stock
Green Your Portfolio with Claymore?s Solar Energy ETF
2008-04-23 05:20:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day and one of the topic being discussed is how to live a green life and save our environment. On this year’s Earth Day, the government also announced a plan to boost fuel efficiency by 25%, increasing per gallon mileage from 27.5 to 35.7, ... More About: Portfolio , Energy , Solar , Green , Investing
My Play Money at Zecco
2008-04-22 05:56:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary In his book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, author Burton Malkiel declared that A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper’s financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by the experts. Do you believe random walk? Or do you follow ... More About: Money , Play , Stock , Zecco
Weekend Linkage - April 20, 2008
2008-04-21 05:20:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Ten Ways You Can Teach Your Kids About Money Money Smart Life discussed how to prepare your kids the financial life they will live later on with some practical ways that you can use to teach them about money today. Play the Annual Invest Lazy Man?s Money Game If ... More About: April , Weekend , Linkage , 2008
Chinese Currency (RMB) vs. US Dollar
2008-04-19 05:13:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary The other day, one of my friends who will travel to China next week sent me a link to a chart. The chart is the 5-year relationship between Chinese currenty and US dollar. I know that Chinese Yuan (RMB) has appreciated quite a bit since the pegging ... More About: Dollar , Currency
Morningstar?s Best and Worst 529 College Savings Plans
2008-04-18 16:18:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Really, I almost got a heart attack when I saw Ohio College Advantage is among the worst college savings plans published by Morningstar yesterday because that’s the one I opened for our younger daughter last year. Fortunately, what I have isn’t exactly what’s named in the Morningstar list. Anyway, Morningstar yesterday ... More About: Personal Finance , Plans , Savings
RevolutionMoneyExchange Referral Bonus Sharing Program Update
2008-04-17 04:54:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I have been running my Revolution Money Exchange referral bonus sharing program, since I wrote a review in early March and a few people used my referral to signup with RME (thanks). While they received the $25 bonus from RME, I also got $10 for each new account I referred. When ... More About: Referral , Update
PowerShares Launched Four Active ETFs
2008-04-16 04:31:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Less than a month after Bear Stearns became the first firm ever to offer actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF), Power Shares , an major player in the ETF arena, introduced its own active ETFs last Friday. The four new ETFs, including both equity and fixed income funds, are: PowerShares Active AlphaQ Fund ... More About: Launched
Poll: Did You Do Better in 2007 than in 2006?
2008-04-15 04:30:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Bush and Cheney did. According to the tax returns released to the public, Mr. and Mrs. Bush reported a total taxable income of $719,274 for the tax year 2007, an increase of $76,369, or 11.88%, than 2006. The vice president couple did much better last year than a year ago. ... More About: Poll
SmartyPig Eliminates $25 Check Fee
2008-04-14 16:31:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary It seems that SmartyPig continues to improve its service to lure more customers. After reducing most of the fees they charge savers for their services shortly after launching the site, SmartyPig also eliminates the $25 fee for requesting a paper check yesterday. Previously, when account holders reach their saving goals ... More About: Check
Weekend Linkage - April 13, 2008
2008-04-13 20:59:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Lending Club is Dead Are you using the social lending site to borrow/lend money? Lazy Man and Money saw signs that the site may be in trouble. Woman Refuses to Roll Over 401k Saying She Would Lose Half of Her Money Generation X Finance encountered a person who told ... More About: April , Weekend , Linkage , 2008
Buy Treasury Securities at $100 Minimum
2008-04-13 16:35:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Do you invest in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds? If you do, then there’s a good news. Starting early this week, Treasury Department has lowered the minimum purchase from $1,000 to $100. The change applies to Treasury bills, notes, and bonds with maturity from 4 weeks to 30 years, ... More About: Bond , Securities , Minimum
Stop All Junk Mail
2008-04-12 01:27:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Do you get a lot of junks, such as catalogs, coupon books, and pre-approved credit card offers, in the mail? According to 41pounds.org, the average adult in this country receives 41 pounds of unwanted junk mail each year. That’s a lot of junk mail! In the May issue of Kiplinger’s Personal ... More About: Mail , Stop , Junk , Junk Mail
Promotions at Brokers for New IRA Accounts before Tax Deadline
2008-04-11 04:43:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary There are only four days left before the April 15 tax deadline, but it isn’t too late to make 2007 IRA contribution which has a limit of $4,000 ($5,000 if 50+ years old). At this time, some brokers are offering incentives to encourage people to open IRA accounts with ... More About: Retirement , Brokers , Deadline , Promotions
Good Luck, Beijing!
2008-04-10 03:09:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I LOVE my country, though I haven’t lived in China for more than ten years! And I wish Beijing a successful Olympics this summer so people around the world who love sports can enjoy the games! Good luck, Beijing! ---Related Articles at The Sun's Financial Diary:XFML Keeps Marching HigherAirliners Soliciting Petitions for ... More About: Luck , Good Luck
Buy Stocks Directly at ComputerShare: The Complete Process
2008-04-09 04:49:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary I bought my first share of Bank of America (BAC) through ComputerShare back in November 2006. Since then I have been making regular monthly purchase and consider it as a good alternative to buying stocks through a broker with a fixed commission. If you’re also considering investing with ComputerShare, but ... More About: Stocks , Complete , Process
Around the PFBlogosphere: April 7, 2008
2008-04-08 04:13:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Check out these interesting discussions: Want to stretch your dollars? The Digerati Life listed frugal some tips to make your ordinary things last a little longer so you don’t have to spend a lot of money to replace them. Meanwhile, My Dollar Plan also shared 30 money saving ideas she ... More About: April , 2008
Citibank Ultimate Money Account $50 Bonus and ING Direct $25 Bonus
More articles from this author:2008-04-04 05:01:00 Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary Got this promotion in the email from Citibank, which offers $50 bonus for opening a Citibank Ultimate Money Account before the end of this month. According to the terms and conditions, the bonus is available only for first-time Citibank deposit account customers. If you are already using a Citibank ... More About: Direct , Bonus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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