The Sun's Financial Diary

Received a message from UPromise today that they are currently running a promotion program which will give new members who join the program before the end $25 bonus after making an online purchase through their online shopping center.
I have been using UPromise and the UPromise credit card from Citi since 2004 and have earned [...]

Investors who look for incomes from diversified international equities have one more option to choose from.
Early last week, First Trust launched a new global dividend ETF, the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund, joining other international dividend-paying ETFs. The fund started trading on November 27th under ticker symbol FGD. The underlying index of [...]

This is the third part of the 2007 Consumer Reports Ultimate Money Guide. The first two parts discussed shopping & spending and borrowing & debt. This part focuses on investing related issues.
Steps to a golden financial future

Mind your spending: Create a spending plan to track monthly spending. If spending exceeds income, find ways to cut [...]

First of all, what are defensive stocks? According to Investorwords.com:
A stock that tends to remain stable under difficult economic conditions. Defensive stocks include food, tobacco, oil, and utilities. These stocks hold up in hard times because demand does not decrease as dramatically as it may in other sectors. Defensive stocks tend to lag behind the [...]

Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life talked about ways to increase your income so you can get ahead.
Are Americans saving too much for retirement? Jeremy at Generation X Finance had a post that  Yes, at least according to one man’s account.
Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money shared his experience on how to [...]

Early this month, there’s an article on Morningstar.com discussing the allocation of stocks and bonds in an investment portfolio. Determining the right mix of stocks and bonds depends on many factors, such as age, risk tolerance, and return expectation. For aggressive investors with longer time horizon, they can afford to put a large port of [...]

First a big, juicy turkey for everybody

Then some delicate Chinese dishes for your viewing pleasure

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Early in the summer, I received a book, An American Hedge Fund, from Timothy Skyes, the author of the book. I intended to finish the book as soon as I could at the time when I got it, but seemed never have the time until recently.
The book is actually an autobiography of a young man, [...]

FNBO Direct recently introduces a new savings tool, FNBO Direct BillPay Account, which is more like an interest checking account (except no check-writing ability). The product currently is only available to existing Savings account members and it pays 3.50% 1.25% APY (rate as of March 10, 2010). Other features of the new account include:

No minimum [...]

Besides homeowners who lost their homes through foreclosure, another victim in this sub-prime mortgage crisis is the lenders which provided the loans, including the nation’s largest banks which also exposed themselves to investments tied to bad loans. The financial sector was hit very hard and the steep decline of financial shares since the summer also [...]