Archive for June, 2007

Mid-Year Adjustment

Posted by Sun on June 27, 2007 (6) Comment

As we are approaching the half-year mark, do you plan to do any adjustment of your portfolio?
I usually don’t make any change on our investments in the middle of the year. Any rebalancing will happen when the full year ends as I always feel the stock markets will do better in the second half of [...]

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Around the PF Blogosphere: June 26, 2007

Posted by Sun on June 26, 2007 (0) Comment

Hope you like these articles:

KirkWalsh has a piece on 10 things to know about saving for retirement. Save and invest, as early as you can.
Money and Values offers some budgeting advices for new grads and says one should “think about what sacrifices today are worth it for benefits tomorrow.”
I Will Teach You to Be Rich [...]

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Chase Freedom Card $200 Bonus: It IS Real

Posted by Sun on June 26, 2007 (9) Comment

In March, I applied for a Chase Freedom card after seeing their $250 bonus after first purchase ads. It sounds like a pretty sweet deal. However, when I received the card, I was a little bit confused about exactly what was offered as incentive. It wasn’t clear to me whether I will have to spend [...]

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Categories : Credit cards, Personal finance Tags: No Tags

My First Day at New Job

Posted by Sun on June 25, 2007 (1) Comment

was quite boring actually.
I showed up at 9:00 am this morning (that was quite early according to my standard) and spent the whole day doing nothing but sitting there and reading some document that doesn’t require much time to finish. No computer, no internet. It’s a big company and, as expected, everything is slow. I [...]

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Procter & Gamble DRIP Program Updates

Posted by Sun on June 25, 2007 (5) Comment

Last December I bought some P&G shares through their direct stock purchase program as part of my income-generating portfolio. After comparing what the company charges for direct investment against commissions at ShareBuilder, I decided to go with the company instead of using ShareBuilder. Though the cost of each trade is quite low when buying a [...]

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