The Sun's Financial Diary

Yesterday, I heard that Emigrant Direct is to lower its savings rate. It was kind of surprise because I also have an account with Emigrant Direct 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 savings rate was [...]

Last night when I logged into my Emigrant Direct 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

I was notified this morning by PayPerPost and my Paypal that $5.02 has been credited to my bank account. This is the first payment I received from PayPerPost for writing ad post. Actually, I was a little skeptical at the beginning about the way they do business, but now, after indeed getting paid, my perception [...]

I started to take the paid-to-blog opportunities provided by PayPerPost last month. Yesterday, I received my first payment via Paypal from PPP for an entry I wrote a month ago. Yes! Actually, at the beginning, I was a little skeptical about PPP. My feeling is much more positive now, however, as I believe it is [...]

If you’re a Newegg.com customer (yes, you have to have an account with them), now you can get a free gift by writing a short testimonial. Here’s how to get your gift:

Login to your Newegg account;
Use this link to write your testimonial;
Submit your testimonial.

I wrote my testimonial on Sept. 26th and was notified yesterday that [...]

There’s an article in the T. Row Price Investor magazine I received today on mutual fund distributions. If you are a new mutual fund investor or planning to invest into mutual funds, it could used as fundamentals about mutual fund investing. So I summarized and expanded the article a little bit for this post.
Ok, what [...]