Archive for May, 2007

Switched to Vanguard E-Service to Eliminate Account Fees

Posted by Sun on May 23, 2007 (4) Comment

Late last month, Vanguard introduced simplified fee structure aimed to reduce costs on owning Vanguard funds. Though at first, it seemed that replacing $10 fee with $20 fee was going in the opposite direction of reducing investor’s cost, Vanguard does offer a couple of ways to eliminate the fee all together for good and one [...]

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American Express to Allow Cardmembers Pay Mortgage with Their Cards

Posted by Sun on May 23, 2007 (9) Comment

News is out this morning that American Express (announcement from AMEX) will soon allow its card members to pay monthly mortgage with AMEX cards and earn rewards at the same time.
According to MarketWatch,
American Home Mortgage Corp. will be the first lender to offer the Express Rewards Mortgage program for eligible prime loans. American Express Cardmembers [...]

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Do You Believe Analyst’s Forecast?

Posted by Sun on May 23, 2007 (4) Comment

Do you believe in technical analysis? Do you think stock analysts can use charts to predict the future of a stock and thus make a winning trade?
I have a technical analysis book (All About Technical Analysis* by Constance Brown) that I bought several years when I was once considering to learn the technique, but never [...]

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Bank of America’s New Online Banking Interface

Posted by Sun on May 22, 2007 (5) Comment

looks good.
When I logged into my Bank of America account last week, I noticed that they have a new interface for online banking. The redesigned tool includes several improvements that aim to make account activities easier to manage. Among the changes made:

Easily find and sort transactions using type and status icons
Personalize your account activity [...]

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Dell Inspiron XPS for $999

Posted by Sun on May 22, 2007 (0) Comment

Limited time offer.
Dell Small Business is having Inspiron XPS M1210 for $999 [Affiliate link]. Configuration includes:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5600 processor
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
1GB Shared 1 Dual Channel 2 DDR2 SDRAM
80GB 3 SATA Hard Drive
1 Year LoJack Theft Protection for Laptops

Offer valid from May 22 to May 24, 2007 while supplies last.

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