The Sun's Financial Diary

I’ve been around the block a few times, and I’ve made said trip with kiddos in tow. As a result, I’ve come to learn there are few key “must-haves” every parent should have in his or her arsenal of tricks at all times. Fortunately, too, all of these items are cheap. But they’re absolutely worth [...]

In case you are shopping for a checking account, Citibank is currently running a promotion for its checking account that comes with a promotional bonus up to $100. The promotion runs for a full year, from now to December 31, 2012. During the promotion period, if you open a Citibank checking account, you could receive up [...]

Do you want an ING Direct Orange Savings Account or Electric Orange Checking Account? Get rewarded by using any ING referral bonus link to open an account and receive $25 bonus. This product has been around long enough (probably one of the oldest online savings accounts) and I feel that anyone who wants to have [...]

One of the earliest articles I wrote about investing in mutual funds was how to understand Morningstar Star Rating system and use it to research mutual funds.  It has been a while since that article was written and I haven’t added any new fund to my taxable investment accounts for years, so I haven’t used [...]

Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time for all those well-intended resolutions. And for many of us that means trying to drop a few pounds or just making an effort to eat healthier. If you fall into one of these categories, keep reading! As with nearly everything else, even the business of [...]

American Express OPEN is a service for small business owners. In order to help small business owners manage their finance, OPEN offers a number of credit cards that are aimed at providing business owners a tool to facilitate business transactions and earn rewards at the same time. One of the business cards from American Express OPEN [...]

The beginning of the new year is traditionally the time when many of us will turn our thoughts to shedding extra pounds in an effort to become healthier, but it’s also the perfect time to think about reducing our energy consumption in an effort to help the environment as well as our bottom line. If [...]

Chase Freedom card was one of the credit cards I used very often, mostly at gas stations and grocery stores to get 3% cash back. I said “was” because now I don’t carry it in my wallet any more for the simple reason that the fixed 3% cash back rewards for gas purchases is no [...]