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    Thursday, January 10, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 10, 2008 at 10:46 am ET Part of our efforts to save on heating oil and reduce the overall energy bill in the winter is use radiators in the evening so the temperature in the house can be kept low. While we may have lowered heating oil consumption so far this winter, the spending on electricity certainly went up, a lot, [...] ... (more) Wednesday, January 9, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 9, 2008 at 10:37 am ET Found this deal on Slickdeals.net.
The survey is about Microsoft Virtual Earth platform and will take 15 minutes to complete. A list of Hallmark Insight merchants can be found this link) to take the survey.
Sun Recommends: Chase Freedom Visa Card Get $50 back
Add to: Del.icio.us | Digg | StumbleUpon | ReddIt | Technorati | Netscape [...] ... (more) Tuesday, January 8, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 8, 2008 at 10:08 pm ET The last time that gold was at $875 an ounce level was 28 years ago on January 21, 1980. Since them, gold has been in an extended bear market in almost 20 years until the current upward trend started in 2001. Today, gold contract reached a new all time high at $883.89/ounce [...] ... (more) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 8, 2008 at 11:14 am ET Every January, May, and September is free credit report time for us and we have been getting one credit report for free every four months from one of the three credit bureaus for many years, well before the law that made everybody eligible for a free report every calendar year. On January 3, I requested [...] ... (more) Monday, January 7, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 7, 2008 at 4:44 pm ET This is the third part of our Year End Review, in which I have so far gone through financial moves we made in 2007 and how what we have done affected our net worth, which includes both new money and price appreciation of our existing investments and the latter is the topic of this [...] ... (more) Sunday, January 6, 2008 Around PF Blogosphere: January 7, 2007 (7 clicks)
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January 6, 2008 at 10:19 pm ET BDV-585965-BDV.
Add to: Del.icio.us | Digg | StumbleUpon | ReddIt | Technorati | Netscape | Google | MyYahoo! | ... (more) Weekend Linkage - January 6, 2007 (6 clicks)
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January 6, 2008 at 11:29 am ET Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life discussed the true cost of relocation. Well, besides money and stress, the true REASON to relocate must be considered to evaluate the true cost.
My top mutual fund performers last year were all related to oil, a side effect of high oil price. Jeremy at Generation X Finance looked [...] ... (more) Friday, January 4, 2008 The Dow: Worst Start of The Year Since 1929 (15 clicks)
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January 4, 2008 at 10:22 pm ET I don’t know exactly when the worst ever start of the year was, but from the available data since 1928, the return of the first three days of the Dow in 2008 seems to be the worst since 1929. In the first 3 trading sessions of 2008, the benchmark lost a total of 464.64 points. [...] ... (more) 2007 Year End Reviews (II): Net Worth (9 clicks)
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January 4, 2008 at 10:33 am ET This is the second part of my 2007 Year End Reviews. In the first part, I took a look at the financial moves we made last year. Now I want to see how what we did put where we are in the new year.
December 2007 update
Our net worth saw second consecutive monthly decline in December [...] ... (more) Thursday, January 3, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 3, 2008 at 8:40 pm ET According to an article on MSN Money published today, Fair Isaac, the creator of the popular FICO credit score, will adjust the way it calculate a person’s credit worthiness to better reflect “who’s a good risk and who’s a bad one” at the time when people intend to have, and use, more credit cards than [...] ... (more) Wednesday, January 2, 2008 2007 Chinese Stocks (ADRs) Return (1 click)
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January 2, 2008 at 10:23 am ET 2007 was a great year for Chinese stocks. For investors who own Chinese stocks traded in the US (the ADRs), chances are good money were made last year. Even if you invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the returns were also very impressive. For example, iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI) returned 58.7% in 2007, PowerShares [...] ... (more) Tuesday, January 1, 2008 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 1, 2008 at 10:16 pm ET So the holiday is almost over and it’s time to wrap up the giveaway started before the Christmas. Winners of the second part of the giveaway are selected randomly from 151 participants including email subscribers who automatically entered the contest. The two recipients of the two $50 Amazon.com gift cards were chosen by Random.org today [...] ... (more) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 1, 2008 at 11:40 am ET I have accounts with many banks, brokers, and online shopping rewards sites and some of them offer benefits for referring a new customer. If you need a referral for the following program, please use the contact form to send me an email so we can both receive some rewards. I will be happy to refer [...] ... (more) Happy New Year! (3 clicks)
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January 1, 2008 at 12:00 am ET Wish You a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous 2008!
Sun Recommends: $200 Holiday Giveaway click to enter
Add to: Del.icio.us | Digg | StumbleUpon | ReddIt | Technorati | Netscape | Google | MyYahoo! | ... (more) Monday, December 31, 2007 2007 Year End Reviews (I): Financial Moves (7 clicks)
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December 31, 2007 at 12:50 pm ET As we are approaching the finial day of 2007, I feel it’s time to look back and examine what we have done in the last year that could affect us financially, both in the short- and long-term, as I did at the end of 2006. Since we didn’t make any official goals [...] ... (more) Saturday, December 29, 2007 Vanguard Launched New Mega ETFs (18 clicks)
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December 29, 2007 at 11:39 pm ET On December 17th, Vanguard launched three new Mega ETFs:
Vanguard Mega Cap 300 ETF (MGC): Track MSCI Large-Cap US 300 Index
Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Growth ETF (MGK): Track MSCI US Large-Cap Growth Index
Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF (VOE): Track MSCI US Large-Cap Value Index
All three funds have an expense ratio (ER) of 0.17%. According to MSCI, the [...] ... (more) Thursday, December 27, 2007 Random News: OptionXpress Account, Citi Driver’s Edge Card, and the Surging China Sunergy (8 clicks)
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December 27, 2007 at 10:14 pm ET I took advantage of the $100 bonus offer from OptionXpress last week and opened an account for myself. The process is quite simple, taking only several minutes to complete. What appeared to be a little bit concern was that when I set up the ACH transfer, it asked me the method to verify my identity, [...] ... (more) From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 27, 2007 at 11:53 am ET I have been a loyal customer for Scottrade for more than 5 years. Though I have opened a number of brokerage accounts during that time period, Scottrade remains my primary broker holding most of our investable assets. There are reasons for me to stick with Scottrade.
Last week, Scottrade informed me that they are launching a new Mutual Fund Center, with new features including:
An easy-to-use mutual funds screener that can search funds by availability and other criteria.
Detailed Lipper Leader ratings for all mutual funds.
Detailed expense and performance information.
Real-time customizable charts.
A new comparison tool that compares up to ... (more) Wednesday, December 26, 2007 From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 26, 2007 at 10:32 pm ET Don’t have an iPod yet? You can get one for free if you apply and get approved for a Discover More Card and use the card to make a purchase.
MyEasyRewards.com is now offering a free iPod Shuffle upon approval and activation of a Discover Card. From the offer website, the whole process takes three steps:
Register [...] ... (more) Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Happy Holidays! (10 clicks)
From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 25, 2007 at 10:59 pm ET Sun Recommends: $200 Holiday Giveaway click to enter
Add to: Del.icio.us | Digg | StumbleUpon | ReddIt | Technorati | Netscape | Google | MyYahoo! | ... (more) Latest Online Bank Savings & Checking Rates (44 clicks)
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December 25, 2007 at 10:08 am ET After the latest rate cut by the Federal Reserve early this month, we are seeing many banks followed suit in the past by lowering the interest rates of the online savings accounts. As of today, UFB Direct offers the highest savings rate at 5.22% APY among banks I tracked.
Bank
Savings APY
Minimum
Checking APY
Minimum
UFB Direct
5.22%
$1
1.00%
$50
AmTrust Direct
5.11%
$1
N/A
N/A
FNBO Direct
5.05%
$1
N/A
N/A
E-Trade
5.05%
$1
4.00%
$5,000
Savings Square ... (more) Monday, December 24, 2007 Oakmark to Re-open International Funds (6 clicks)
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December 24, 2007 at 10:43 am ET Investors will soon be able to invest in Oakmark’s two international funds again.
I received an email from Oakmark Fund yesterday which announces that two previously closed international funds, International Fund I (OAKIX) and International Small Cap Fund (OAKEX) will re-open to new investors on January 2, 2008.
Both funds are managed by David Herro, who was named Morningstar’s 2006 Manager of The Year International. According to Morningstar, the reason for the re-opening of the two funds, which has been closed since 2003 and 2002, respectively, is “Herro’s strict value style caused both funds to struggle mightily relative to peers in 2007.” ... (more) Sunday, December 23, 2007 Weekend Linkage - December 23, 2007 (3 clicks)
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December 23, 2007 at 2:56 pm ET Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life had some tax questions answered.
Jeremy at Generation X Finance discussed Fed’s plan on curb shady mortgages.
Ben at Money Smart Life talked about making money from selling on eBay after the holiday.
Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money asked your own definition of retirement.
Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity [...] ... (more) Friday, December 21, 2007 Daily Giveaway’s Over (6 clicks)
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December 21, 2007 at 11:32 pm ET and we have our last two winners!
It was a fun week and the volatile market made the guess game even more fun. Yesterday, Chuck made a perfect a guess of the closing number of the S&P 500, 1460. Then today, when everybody least expected it, the Dow surged 200+ points. However, Steve did give his [...] ... (more) My Little Christmas Gift (3 clicks)
From The Sun's Financial Diary - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 21, 2007 at 10:04 am ET
I usually don’t get Christmas gift. Not that I don’t want one, but nobody gives me, including my wife. We give each other gifts at anniversary as well as on birthdays, but not Christmas. This year, however, I did get a little Christmas gift, a Pocket Loox N100 portable GPS navigator. But it wasn’t from my wife.
About two weeks ago, I got an email from TigerDirect at midnight with an ad of the Pocket Loox N100 on sale at $99. Though we have a GPS on our 2005 Odyssey, I always wanted one that I can carry with me, one ... (more) Items 198 - 222 of 282
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