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    Sunday, May 11, 2008 Weekend Linkage - May 11, 2007 (14 clicks)
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May 11, 2008 at 11:43 am ET 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) Friday, May 9, 2008 Online Bank Savings & Check Interest Rates (7 clicks)
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May 9, 2008 at 10:57 am ET 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) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Consumer Reports’ Save Money on Gas Tips (7 clicks)
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May 7, 2008 at 11:32 pm ET 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) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 6, 2008 at 10:23 pm ET 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) First Class Postage Going Up Again, Soon (4 clicks)
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May 6, 2008 at 10:35 am ET 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) Monday, May 5, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 5, 2008 at 9:41 am ET 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) Sunday, May 4, 2008 Weekend Linkage - May 4, 2008 (10 clicks)
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May 4, 2008 at 10:33 pm ET Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Health Insurance for New College Graduates - Shopping Around for Affordable Coverage Money Smart Life provided tips for newly grads can get health insurance.
Finovate Demos Lazy Man and Money blogged live from Finovate Startup last week. Lots of new names in the business of personal finance.
Is it Smart to [...] ... (more) Saturday, May 3, 2008 Free 6-Pack Yoplait Yogurt for Kids (14 clicks)
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May 3, 2008 at 9:12 pm ET Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Yoplait is giving away coupons for a free 6-pack yogurt for kids. The coupon, however, is not available for residents of California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey , North Dakota, and Tennessee. If you are living outside these states, you can use this link to provide your contact [...] ... (more) Economic Stimulus Payment: Is It Taxable? (7 clicks)
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May 3, 2008 at 10:46 am ET Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
So with the economic stimulus checks coming out earlier than originally scheduled, some may have already received their payments. Though I haven’t got my check yet (filed paper return on April 14th could mean a long delay), I did wonder whether I have to pay taxes for the [...] ... (more) Friday, May 2, 2008 Free Finance Magazines (11 clicks)
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May 2, 2008 at 8:27 pm ET 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) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 2, 2008 at 10:46 am ET 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) Thursday, May 1, 2008 April 2008 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth (8 clicks)
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May 1, 2008 at 9:30 pm ET 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) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 1, 2008 at 11:53 am ET 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) Wednesday, April 30, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 30, 2008 at 9:17 pm ET 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) Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Do You Budget? (4 clicks)
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April 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm ET 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) Sunday, April 27, 2008 Weekend Linkage - April 27, 2008 (3 clicks)
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April 27, 2008 at 11:19 pm ET 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) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm ET 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) Friday, April 25, 2008 Bought another Piece of Gold (5 clicks)
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April 25, 2008 at 11:13 pm ET 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) Your Economic Stimulus Check is Coming (13 clicks)
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April 25, 2008 at 1:00 pm ET 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) Thursday, April 24, 2008 Looking for Cheaper Gas? (2 clicks)
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April 24, 2008 at 10:32 pm ET 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 [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Time to Stock up Rice? (7 clicks)
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April 23, 2008 at 10:45 pm ET 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) Tuesday, April 22, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 22, 2008 at 11:20 pm ET 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 announced that a plan to boost fuel efficiency by 25%, increase per gallon mileage from 27.5 to 35.7, [...] ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2008 My Play Money at Zecco (1 click)
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April 21, 2008 at 11:56 pm ET 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) Sunday, April 20, 2008 Weekend Linkage - April 20, 2008 (10 clicks)
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April 20, 2008 at 11:20 pm ET 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) Friday, April 18, 2008 Chinese Currency (RMB) vs. US Dollar (4 clicks)
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April 18, 2008 at 11:13 pm ET 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) Items 1 - 25 of 221
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