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10 Hottest Mutual Funds in 2008

Posted by Sun on August 5, 2008 (1) Comment

Check out these hot mutual funds ranked by net cash inflows by Morningstar. But a hot fund may not be a good fund for your portfolio.
Last week, Morningstar, the fund research firm, published a list of 10 mutual funds with highest net inflows in the first half of 2008. Given how much the stocks have [...]

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Protect Yourself and Your Money Against Bank Failures

Posted by Sun on August 5, 2008 (2) Comment

“Regardless of the health of your bank or condition of the overall economy … returns are never high enough to justify the exposure of uninsured deposits.”
This is a quote from an article appeared on The Wall Street Journal online yesterday. Very true, isn’t it?
As more and more banks failed amid this sub-prime mortgage credit crisis [...]

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Weekend Linkage - August 3, 2008

Posted by Sun on August 3, 2008 (1) Comment

A new host
Some of you may have noticed that there was something going on to the site last night. Basically, I moved this from Bluehost, which was the host for the past two years, to Media Temple. The reason for the move was that I started to have some problem with their server since last [...]

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TradeKing Promotion: Get $50+$20 Bonus When Opening a New Account

Posted by Sun on August 2, 2008 (1) Comment

TradeKing, a online discount broker, is running a Refer a Friend on National Friendship Day promotion which will give you $50 for a new account. I will make the promotion even sweeter.
Are you using TradeKing? If not, are you considering getting an account?
if so, then here’s your chance to profit from it, getting up to [...]

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Emigrant Direct and WT Direct Interest Rate Update

Posted by Sun on August 2, 2008 (2) Comment

Just a quick update.
Two more banks raised their rates today. Emigrant Direct American Dream Savings Account is now at 3.00% APY with no fees and no minimum. I used to use Emigrant Direct when they were among a few banks that paid highest interest rate. Not any more. Even at 3.00%, they are still in [...]

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