Archive for May, 2008
Capital One Online Savings Account Opened
I have been considering getting a new online savings account with a better rate for quite a while. The banks I am using right now (IGoBanking and FNBO Direct) are OK, but their rates are not as competitive as they used to be. After looking around and evaluating potential candidates such as Countrywide Bank, Provident [...]
Zecco Referral Bonus Sharing Program Reopened
I started my own Zecco referral bonus sharing program back in December 2007 when Zecco relaunched its Zecco Friend program. At the beginning, it was actually pretty good. I sent new customers to Zecco and got a $50 bonus for each new customer shortly after they opened and funded a new account. I then shared [...]
To Honor My Compatriots
who lost their lives in last week’s earthquake in Sichuan, China, I have temporarily removed the Great Wall header image and replaced it with just black and white. I will run this theme from May 19 to 21, China’s national mourning period for the 32,476 people killed in the disaster.
The site will return to normal [...]
Well, Credit Card Companies are the Same
Not just that they all want your money, but the way they treat you as a customer.
Last year, I had a nightmare with American Express over the fraudulent charges on my Costco TrueEarnings card. Though eventually, the issue seems to be resolved, I had to keep calling and calling them every month for more than [...]
Weekend Linkage – May 18, 2008
Check out the following articles form The Money Writers and beyond.
Reader Mail: How Do I Reduce Investment Fees? @ Million Dollar Journey
Stay away from load funds, buy funds with lower expense ratio, and avoid frequent trading of stocks (unless you do zero-commission trading). Well, these are actually my ideas
Save Money on Gas – [...]
Are These Myths Preventing You from Saving for Children’s Higher Education?
We started to save for our daughter’s future education shortly after they were born (for our second daughter, we did wait nearly four months before opening a 529 plan for her ) and since then we have been making monthly contributions to their 529 accounts, currently5. Th at $14,77e reason for deciding to [...]
Got Unused ING Direct Referrals?
I can host them for you here on this blog!
When I published my ING Direct Orange Savings Account $25 signup bonus post on April 27, I thought it could be a while before all the 25 referral links are taken because, ING Direct, as well as this referral problem, has been around for a long [...]
Soliciting Earthquake Relief Donation
Since the 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated Sichuan province in southwest China two days ago, I spent a large amount of time everyday on the web, following closely the rescue effort . The more I read, the more sad I feel, especially when I saw pictures of bodies young schoolchildren pull out from collapsed buildings. Yesterday, there [...]
RevolutionMoneyExchange $30 Promotion Ends Tomorrow
All good things must come to an end, including the promotion from RevolutionMoneyExchange. It has been two months since I reviewed RME, the Paypal competitor, and offered an additional $5 bonus on top of the $25 signup bonus from RME. The promotion, which has been run much longer, will officially end tomorrow, May 15th, so [...]
Oakmark, T. Rowe Price Reopen Funds
The Oakmark Funds reopened its Global Fund (OAKGX) on May 9, 2008. The fund, which has been closed to new investors since December 2003, invests in both domestic and foreign markets, holding 42.6% of its assets in U.S. stocks and and the rest in developed and emerging economies outside the country. According to Morningstar.com, OAKGX [...]
