By Sun on Sep 30, 2006 in Banking, Personal finance | 8 Comments
Yesterday, I read a post from Jim, saying that EmigrantDirect is to lower its savings rate. It was kind of surprise because I also have an account with EmigrantDirect and I didn't get any notice about their rate change. Last night when I logged into my account in preparation of this month's balance sheet, the […]
By Sun on Sep 30, 2006 in Banking, Personal finance | 0 Comments
Last night when I logged into my EmigrantDirect account, the savings rate was still at 5.15%, the same as the past four months. However, when I checked again this morning, the rate dropped to 5.05%, matching the offer from HSBC.
Though the rate is not attractive as it used to be, it’s still one of the […]
By Sun on Sep 29, 2006 in Personal finance | 0 Comments
Today, the Dow made the second attempt in as many days to surpass and stay above its all time high of 11722.98, set on January 14, 2000. With only five points away when it closed yesterday, that magic number seemed so close that nobody would doubt it was there for the taking. Yet, when all […]
By Sun on Sep 29, 2006 in Free stuff | 0 Comments
If you're a Newegg.com customer (yes, you have to have an account with them and I don't know if you had made an order before to qualify for the gifts), now you can get some free gifts by writing a short testimonial. Here's how to get your gifts:
Login to your Newegg account;
Use this link to […]
By Sun on Sep 29, 2006 in Others, Blog | 0 Comments
Following a link on pfblog.org speaks, I checked the link worth of my diary:
What does it mean to me? I am not so sure at this moment since my diary is quite new and it's too early to talk about advertising. But it's still good to know its value.
By Sun on Sep 28, 2006 in Paid survey, Free money | 3 Comments
by taking paid online surveys.
I just checked my record for paid online surveys I participated and it surprised me that I have already made $100 so far this month, enough to pay my phone and internet bills! Or I can use it to pay for the web hosting fees for my diary! Can you imagin […]