Archive for February, 2007

Top 65 PF Blogs by Technorati Ranking

Posted by Sun on February 7, 2007 (17) Comment

OK, so far we have seen rankings of personal finance bloggers by del.icio.us bookmarks (Will Chen @ Wise Bread), Feedburner feeds (Yan @ ProBargainHuner), and Alexa’s traffic scores (Jim @ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity). I think it’s fun to read the list and decided to come up with yet another one using another gauge to [...]

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State of My Credit Cards: Use Them, but Responsibly

Posted by Sun on February 7, 2007 (11) Comment

The last time I checked my credit score was last June and it was 699, largely due to the more than $50,000 0% balance transfers I put on four cards. At that time, I used FICO’s Score Simulator to estimate what my score will be if I pay off all the balances by the end [...]

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Deal: ACP-EP 2GB Flash Drive $9.99

Posted by Sun on February 6, 2007 (1) Comment

Circuit City has ACP-EP 2GB USB 2.0 SurfDrive for $9.99 after $25 mail-in rebate with free shipping.  Amazon.com carries slightly different version of the same type of ACP-EP drives and the listed prices are around $22. The rebate offer from CircuitCity expires on February 17, 2007.
Check out my Everyday Deal page for more deals.
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Invest in Gold (I) — Buy Gold

Posted by Sun on February 6, 2007 (12) Comment

My first gold investment was made five years ago on February 8th, 2002, when I opened an account with Tocqueville Fund to buy $1,000 of their Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX). At that time, the share price of TGLDX was $18.05. Since then, I bought TGLDX almost every month and have accumulated about 200 shares at [...]

Popularity: 25% [?]

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Another $14 Free Money: What’s Not to Love MIR

Posted by Sun on February 6, 2007 (1) Comment
Two Symantec Visa debit cards, one $40 and one $20, arrived last night. They are the rebates from my purchase of Norton Ghost last December. Together with another $40 debit card received three weeks ago for the purchase of Norton AntiVirus 2007, the total rebates are $100 while the actual cost of the two software […]

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