Archive for January, 2007

Carnival of Investing on Martin Luther King Day

Posted by Sun on January 15, 2007 (9) Comment

Welcome to The Carnival of Investing of January 15, 2007, the day that we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Before I begin the representation of the Carnival, I'd like to cite the following from Dr. King's speech on August 28, 1963:

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the [...]

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Nine Dollars Easy Money

Posted by Sun on January 13, 2007 (0) Comment

Early last month, I bought Norton AntiVirus 2007 from Buy.com when it was offered with a $40 Visa debit card as mail-in rebate. The listed price was $51, but I paid only $31 with Google Checkout which gave me another $20 discount during the promotion period. So if everything works out, I could not only [...]

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IGoBanking Account Setup Completed

Posted by Sun on January 13, 2007 (14) Comment

I opened an IGoBanking Savings account last Sunday for their 5.30% APY, which is better than what I am getting from HSBC and EmigrantDirect, two of my primary savings account. Last Mondy, January 9th, two trial deposits were made to my Bank of America checking account to verify my ownership of the account that I [...]

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Another Site for You to Make Free International Calls

Posted by Sun on January 12, 2007 (4) Comment

Both Jonathan at MyMoneyBlog and Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity have reported today that you can now make FREE international calls by dialing a gateway number (712) 858-8094 at somewhere in Iowa (details can be found at Allfreecalls.net, the operator of the 712 number). 
A couple of days ago, when one of my colleagues mentioned [...]

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Dollar-Cost Averaging: For Higher Return or for Lower Risk?

Posted by Sun on January 12, 2007 (25) Comment

In the past couple of days, I did some further study on VFINX after I took a look at the market value and shares owned at the beginning of 2007 if I started investment in January 1988 with four different investment schemes (here’s the previous post). In this study, I want to find out the [...]

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