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What Is Going on with Gold?
The stock markets are pretty volatile these days with huge up-and-down swings happening almost on a daily basis (the past month has produced 5 of the 10 largest drops of the Dow). At the same time, gold, which I follow quite closely, also had some roller coaster rides lately, but the general trend of gold [...]
First Snow of the Season
It’s not even November yet, but we already have our first snow of the season! I don’t remember when we had the first snow last, but sure not this early.
I am staying at home today with the kids to help them recover from the heavy jet lag. It’s so cold both outside and inside the [...]
What to Do with All the Free Scottrade Trades?
In early September, I put up a post on the new Scottrade 7 commission free trades promotion. Because I have been a loyal Scottrade customer for many years and generally quite happy with their service, I wanted to share the promotion with everybody so people can save some money on commissions if they want to [...]
I’m Back!
It seems that it was just last week I announced here that I am going to take a vacation in China. But good time did go very fast and my month-long break came to an end yesterday. We flew back from Beijing on Sunday, October 26. The plane touched down at Newark at 5:15 pm [...]
CollegeAdvantage $25 Referral Bonus
I opened a 529 account for our second daughter last year four months after she was born. After some research, I decided to use Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Savings Plan because of the selections of investments (mostly Vanguard index funds) and the plan’s low cost. Since then I have been making contributions to the account every [...]
Best Travel Rewards Credit Cards
So far I have talked about best cashback credit cards and credit cards with good gas rewards. Another category that I haven’t touched is cards with travel rewards. The reason for leaving out travel cards is that I don’t travel much, so there’s little chance I can get the maximum benefits from using travel cards [...]
What Are the Different Types of Insurance and How Can They Help You?
This is a guest post by Andy, a member of ampminsure.org, an online insurance community. The community members here are dedicated to helping people with insurance queries round the clock.
Insurance can effectively help you in protecting yourself and your family from the future losses. In today’s world everyday you face so many risks. Insurance can [...]
What Is This Building?
Last weekend, we went to Wuxi (Wúxī) of Jiangsu Province (WuXi Pharma Tech, NYSE: WX, is located in the city) to meet some college classmates in that area. The reunion was great because I haven’t seen some of them since graduation. When we were in the city, my friend also took us to tour a [...]
The Secrets of Successful Credit Management
This is a guest post by Connie Brooks from AskMr.CreditCard.com. Connie is a regular contributor to AskMr.CreditCard.com where she answers reader’s questions about credit, debt and credit cards. She is always free to answer your questions too! You can email her here. You may also want to pick up her here. You may also want [...]
PineCone Research Sign Up Link
If you are interested in becoming a PineCone Research panel member to make a few bucks every month from doing online surveys, you can now sign up using this link that I received today.
I used to do a lot of surveys online in the past, but now PineCone Research is the only one I am [...]
