Archive for June, 2007

Moving from ShareBuilder to Zecco

Posted by Sun on June 20, 2007 (15) Comment

This isn’t exactly the kind of simplifications I have planed to make as I also opened an new account, but today I sent out the paperwork to move the assets in my ShareBuilder account to Zecco.
I have used ShareBuilder for a little over a year and every month I transfered $200 to the account to [...]

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XFML Keeps Marching Higher

Posted by Sun on June 19, 2007 (0) Comment

Since I bought some extra shares of Xinhua Finance Media on June 1st at $6.95, the stock is going nowhere but up. Currently traded at $9.94 a share, my latest trading has brought me $428 of profit (42% gain). Overall, instead of being more than $400 in red, I almost break even at this point.
In [...]

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Online Interest Checking Plus Savings Accounts: Who Offers the Best Deal?

Posted by Sun on June 19, 2007 (23) Comment

I have been using internet banks for more than eight years. The first internet bank that I remember I used was NetBank in 1999. At that time, there aren’t many banks that offered savings accounts with decent rates. My local bank, Summit Bank (then Fleet Bank, now Bank of America), had a rate that was [...]

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Analyst Recommendations More Reliable Now?

Posted by Sun on June 18, 2007 (0) Comment

On my way to work this morning, I heard a piece of news on Bloomberg radio, saying that since then NY AG Spitzer forced Wall Street firms separate their research units from investment banking four years ago, analysts’ calls on stocks have become more accurate than before. For example, according to Bloomberg news,
Investors who mimicked [...]

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Pull the Plug on T-Bill Purchases

Posted by Sun on June 18, 2007 (5) Comment

I have been watching the movement of 4-week T-bill rates for a while and considering making adjustment of my investment more than a month ago, but didn’t really do I felt was the right thing to do until last night when I finally canceled all the pending purchases.
The latest auction of T-bill gave investors a [...]

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