Archive for October, 2006

Sent Checks to Scottrade

Posted by Sun on October 24, 2006 (0) Comment

Due to the apparent delay of our Roth IRA transfer process at Vanguard, I decided to mail the checks ($1000 each) to Scottrade for our forth quarter Roth IRA contributions. When I started the transfer process at the end of last month, I thought it could be done before the next quarterly automatic investment date [...]

Categories : Investing, Personal finance, Retirement, Stock Tags: No Tags

What? I Don’t Have to Sign?

Posted by Sun on October 22, 2006 (4) Comment

I don't know exactly since when, but after swiping my credit card at my local ShopRite store yesterday, I was, as always, waiting for the signature screen to show up, the cashier told me that since my transaction was only $22.5, less than $25, I didn't have to sign it any more."Really?"I asked back, just [...]

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Sold on Amazon, Again

Posted by Sun on October 22, 2006 (1) Comment

It has been a while since I have multiple items sold on Amazon.com in one day. Considering that I now have a very small inventory (only five items before the sell and once at the peak time, I had about 25 items listed), I am very happy to see them on the way to their [...]

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Free Trade And Dividend Reinvestment From Zecco

Posted by Sun on October 21, 2006 (0) Comment

It seems that Zecco not only offers free equity trade for an account with a balance of $2500 or more, but they also have free dividend reinvestment. The following is from Zecco’s FAQ section:
Does Zecco Trading allow account holders to automatically reinvest dividends for equities and exchange traded funds?
Yes, dividend reinvestment is a feature that [...]

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