The Sun’s Financial Diary

It’s the Fed rate decision time again.
However, unlike the last meeting in September when the predictions on what the central bank would do were focusing on how much, not if, this time it’s a little bit uncertain.
The August negative job report released in early September, which probably have played a key role in the 50-basis [...]

It’s the open enrollment season again and next year my wife’s employer will start to offer a high deductible health insurance plan (HDHP). This means we will have the chance to take advantage of the Health Savings Account.
From the material my wife received last week, the high deductible option has $1,000 deductible for a [...]

Chinese stocks, especially IPO stocks, are as hot as they can be, thanks to the growing appetite among investors who look Chinese stocks as a proxy to tap into Chinese economy, which is still growing at a sizzling 11.5% in the latest quarter despite measures introduced by the government to cool it off. And an [...]

from November 1 to December 31, 2007 at participating locations.
Discover Card is now having a Holiday Mall promotion at 160 participating shopping centers across the country. The promotion will offer a $20 gift card for every $200 spent on Discover cards till the end of the year. The maximum number of gift cards one can [...]

Ben at Money Smart Life asked how well you follow personal finance advices. I usually don’t read the “5 steps” or “6 ways” type of articles.
Golbguru at Money, Matter, and More Musings discussed the tale of two ETFs. There’s no reason to own two ETFs that track the same index, IMO.
Lazy Man at Lazy Man [...]

Stocks finished the trading week with a triple-digit gain of the Dow on Friday as strong profits report from software giant Microsoft lifted technology stocks and bullish forecast from the nation’s largest mortgage provider Countrywide boosted the financial sector. What happened in the middle of the week was more interesting. For each day from Tuesday [...]

In November 2004, I bought 200 shares of Microsoft. The purchase was to add some tech stocks to my investments as I had only one tech stock (Taiwan Semiconductor) and none of my mutual funds were heavy in technology companies. Though Microsoft was no longer a high-fly stock as it used to be at that [...]

I have been keeping my expectation high for the upcoming Alibaba IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Got an E-Trade Global Trading account and transferred a substantial amount of money (to me) in hoping to get a piece of it when the stock begins trading on November 6th in Hong Kong. Now it seems I [...]

When I first heard that registrations on the national Do Not Call list is about to expire late last month (every entry is good for only five years), I didn’t waste any time to renew my registration because I want to continue to enjoy a quiet dinner time.
Well, it seems that a re-registration may not [...]

Here are some interesting articles to enjoy:

Personal Finance Advice discussed how to get out of paying your bills forever. No, you are not just letting your bills go. The bills are still have to be paid, but automatically.
My Two Dollars started a Money Mistake Monday series with a post on the girlfriend syndrome. Does she [...]