Archive for September, 2007

Hurry! ING Direct $50 Bonus for New Account Before 09/30/07 [Expired]

Posted by Sun on September 26, 2007 (1) Comment

Found this deal on FatWallet today and thought it’s worth mentioning.
If you still want an ING Direct account, despite their mediocre interest rate (currently at 4.30% APY), you can net $50 bonus if you open an account and fund it with $250 initial deposit before September 30, 2007.
Interested?
Use this link and promotion code NY3 to [...]

Popularity: 26% [?]

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HSBC Dropped Rate for Online Savings Account

Posted by Sun on September 26, 2007 (13) Comment

HSBC Direct, another popular online bank that offers high yield savings accounts, has just lowered its interest rate to 4.50% from 5.05% APY following last week’s Fed rate cut. The 55 basis points reduction is by large the largest among major online banks. Last week, ING Direct reduced interest rate for its Orange Savings account [...]

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Got a Broker? BrokerCheck It before Using It

Posted by Sun on September 26, 2007 (5) Comment

I am a do-it-myself person when it comes to investing. I do my own research and make my own investment decisions. I don’t use a broker or financial adviser.
However, if you want to get some professional help for investing/financial planning, it’s always good to know as much background information about the broker/adviser as possible before [...]

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A RevolutionCard That’s not so Revolutionary after all

Posted by Sun on September 25, 2007 (7) Comment

If it wasn’t an article on USA Today yesterday, I probably won’t even know there’s a new kind of credit card on the market on September 24, 2007.
RevolutionCard is the name. However, after going through what the new card offers, I found that it’s basically a PIN-based credit card that doesn’t emboss account number and [...]

Popularity: 31% [?]

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My ICBC Investment Turned Positive & LFC Closed at Record High

Posted by Sun on September 24, 2007 (3) Comment

Less than one month ago, I opened an E-Trade Global Trading account and bought 1,000 shares of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) listed on Hong Kong at HK$5.00 a piece. The trading had a very high price that included HK$299 commission and about HK$100 currency exchange fee. To make money from this trade, [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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