Archive for October, 2006
10 Year-End Financial Tricks from Kiplinger
It's trick or treat time!
An article on Kiplinger's Personal Finance by Erin Burt offers ten year-end financial tricks that I think are helpful in getting people being disciplined in saving and spending. I especially like the idea of saving automatically and setting a fund for big expenses (auto insurance, vacation, or a high definition TV).
So, [...]
Zecco Free Dividend Reinvestment Confirmed
Recently, both Jonathan of MyMoneyBlog and The Finance Journey have reported that Zecco started offering equity free trade for customers with $2500 or more in their accounts. While this news certainly got my attention considering that I am now paying from $4 to $7 for each stock trade, there was one question that I didn’t [...]
Vimo Makes Shopping For Healthcare And Health Insurance Easy
As we entered the last quarter of 2006, many of us will soon face the deadline of renewing the healthcare plan. I am not sure about you, but every year at this time, I had to spend days to go through all the paperwork to find the right plan and right doctor for my entire [...]
American Dream: Another Reason to Get a College Degree?
Why do you need a college degree?
How about you don't have the Dream, if you don't have a degree?
An interesting article on CNN.com shows the difference on realizing the American Dream between people with and without college degrees. The article, which is about a recent Opinion Research poll, says:
Belief in the so-called "American dream," [...]
Virus Found In iPod
Reuters reported today that a small number of Apple’s iPods shipped last month may carry computer virus:
since September 12, less than 1 percent of Video iPods — pocket-sized devices that can play music files and video clips - left its contract manufacturer carrying the virus RavMonE.exe, which affects computers running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system.
For [...]
