Archive for June, 2007
Investment Objective: Income or Growth?
What’s your investment objective?
My ultimate goal is to replace a majority of our pre-retirement income, salaries from our day jobs, by incomes generated from our investments when we retire (we still have 20+ years to go). Since neither of us has a pension plan (my wife used to have one with her employer, but the [...]
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Friday Deals: SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro Flash Drive $9.29
Buy.com has SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro USB 2.0 w/ Ready Boost* for $9.29 after $20 mail-in rebate (expires June 24, 2007) with free shipping. I ordered this one myself, but it’s not for my own use. Actually, I have bought many flash drives in the past and sold each and everyone on Amazon.
Buy.com has SanDisk [...]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Recent Bank Findings: Salem Five Direct and WT Direct
I have noticed recently two “direct” online banks that offer competitive rates. Though both of them have decent introductory rates, the high minimum balance required to get rates make them less appealing if you have a small deposit.
The first one is Salem Five Direct (Thanks Michael for the tip), which is the online banking [...]
Popularity: 26% [?]
Time Magazine Story about ING Direct
Somehow I have the feeling that ING Direct has lost its luster as the leader of online banking, the position that it held for several years before everybody in the banking industry started to offer “direct” banking with similar products. My reason is the rates of their Orange Savings Account have consistently fallen behind its [...]
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Around the PF Blogosphere: June 20, 2007
Some articles for your reading time:
No Credit Needed shows how he manages his finance using Firefox, ING Direct, online bill pay, etc.
Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge complains about Wal-Mart’s cake, then shows how to get a happy cake.
My Wealth Builder has a simple mutual fund picking strategy: buy the best performing diversified fund of the past, then [...]
Popularity: 14% [?]
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