Archive for November, 2006
What You Want to Know Before Buying ETFs
In my previous post, I summarized the reasons I invested in ETFs (I currently have six PowerShares ETFs: PEY, PFM, PGJ, PHO, and PID), including
ETFs are priced as stocks;
Many ETFs are designed to track some popular indices;
The fees for sector ETFs are usually lower than their mutual fund counterparts;
ETFs can be purchased at any discount [...]
Have a Million?
How about replaceing your existing house with one of these (from CNNMoney.com)?
Boulder, Colorado: $1.199M, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, and 6387 sq ft.
October 2006 Score Card — Part I: Expenses
Ok, it's reporting time and it begins with the monthly expenses.
Summary:
The daily living costs of October was $1697, slightly higher than that of September when we spent $1649. The increase is about 3% (equivalent to the annual inflation rate ?) However, there are some one-time expenses that I think will not repeat in [...]
What’s Your Highest Priority? House? Retirement? Or 529?
One of my friends had a baby last month. While enjoying the parenthood, the couple is also planning for their daughter's future: save for her college. He sent me, among several other guys, an email last weekend for suggestions on 529 plans. After I replied by telling him that I have both 529 accounts and [...]
Thank You!
Early this month (actually should be last month), I posted an entry on how to get $60 bonus for opening INGDirect accounts and provided a reference code CK921/gheaeriz (valid till the end of this year) which I received in the mail. In that post, I said that any one who uses the code can get [...]
