The Sun’s Financial Diary

Got this offer in the email this morning.
First, the good news is you can get a $100 bonus if you open a Citi e-Savings account and fund the account with $5,000 before March 31, 2007. Conditions to qualify for the $100 bonus are:
$100 offer is only available for first-time Citibank deposit (checking or savings product) [...]

A Kiplinger article, “The 13 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions,” gives a list of 13 deductions that we usually forget when filling our tax returns. Among The Unlucky 13 items, I found No. 12, Reinvested dividends, is one that I never heard of. I sold some mutual funds in the past and simply used the difference [...]

It has been more than a year since I reshuffled my mutual fund portfolio in 2005 when I dumped two small-cap funds and one bond fund. The only new fund I added in the past two years is ADVDX. Currently, I have a dozen funds in my taxable accounts and the asset allocation is as [...]

Buy.com has Connect3D 2GB Secure Digital Card [Buy.com affiliate link] for free after $50 mail-in-rebate with free shipping. The rebate expires on February 28th. 
Over at Amazom.com, they have H&R Block Taxcut 2006 Premium Federal + State [Amazon.com affiliate link] for $26.95 with free shipping. This deal, however, is not better than what you can get [...]

is up at FiveCentNickel and here are my picks :

Mutual Funds 101 by Money Walk
Research – Safekeeping of Records by FIRE Finance
De-LIGHT-ful Savings by Pro Bargain Hunter
Get your money for nothing, your checks for free by Wise Bread (speaking of free money, I myself happen to be a big fan as well)
The Great Big [...]

Here's a list of places to purchase tax preparation software I found on the internet. There are promotions from time to time, but the best deal right now seems to be from Staples. 
Staples.com

TaxCut Premium Federal+State: $29.99

Get $10 Staples Gift Check
Get Microsoft Money Deluxe 2007 free after $40 mail-in-rebate

TurboTax Deluxe with State 2006: $44.99

Get $10 [...]

CompUsa has eHome Wireless G USB Adapter for $1.99 after $43 mail-in-rebate ($20 + $13 + $10). The product is still available for delivery, but the shipping is not free. They also have eHome Wireless G Broadband Router for $1.22 after rebates for in-store pickup. 
Over at Buy.com, a Kingston 1GB Data Traveler USB 2.0 Flash [...]

Yesterday, I read an article on New York Times with the title "A Contrarian View: Save Less, Retire With Enough" [Registration required]. Without reading the article, the message seemed to be very clear: maybe we are saving more than necessary. 
If you visit any of the big mutual fund firms' website, such as Vanguard, Fidelity, or [...]

I first learned this new promotion from FatWallet forum this afternoon, but couldn't confirm the news from their website. A couple of minutes ago, however, an email from HSBC indeed says there will be a promotion from January 29 to April 30 for any new money deposited to earn an interest rate of 6.0% APY. [...]

According to Dealsea.com, HP is offering a $10 Barnes & Noble gift card for completing a short HP Smart Printing Services Survey. The survey contains 10 questions and takes only 2 minutes with no other conditions. But you have to be quick if you want to take it as the supply may not last very [...]