Archive for August, 2007
FNBO Direct is Scary
I am using FNBO Direct and quite happy to have most of my deposit with them, at least for now, for the 6.00% yield they are offering. However, a couple of events recently with FNBO made me feel that there could be some potential problems with my money at this bank that I have never [...]
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Get $10 Costco Cash Card When Paying Wireless Phone Bill with AMEX Costco Cards
Spotted this deal on FatWallet.com.
From now till January 15, 2008, American Express Costco cardholders can earn $10 when paying their wireless phone plan with AMEX Costco TrueEarning Card. From AMEX website, the Terms and Conditions of the deal are as follows:
Only The TrueEarnings Card from Costco and American Express, The TrueEarnings Business Card from Costco [...]
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Posts I Enjoyed Last Week
Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money talks about DRIP investing in a guest post. I am a fan of DRIP and currently investing in several stocks via DRIP programs. However, the appeal of DRIP now is not as strong as before as free dividend reinvestment is very common with discount brokerages and the introduction [...]
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Video: Reuters Business Recap for the Week of August 6, 2007
The markets have gone through another roller coaster ride last week as subprime crisis deepened and other countries started to feel the pain of the fallout. Though the interventions from central banks eased investors’ nerve a little bit, the crisis is far from over. There are even predications that this could be the beginning [...]
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(Not Exactly) The Price of Credit Card Arbitrage: Marching toward 800
The last time that I checked my credit score was in February when I almost didn’t have any borrowed money from credit cards. When I saw my FICO score from Experian at 769, it was really a pleasant surprise because it was the highest score I have ever had.
Since then, I have done quite a [...]
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