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Quicken Online New Features and Demo Video
A little over a month ago, Quicken made Quicken Online free for everybody who wants to use it. Quicken Online is a online tool that allows you to perform some basic money management functions such as tracking you expenses, making a budget, reminding you unpaid bills and checking your financial goals, etc. I have been [...]
Update on DollarSavingsDirect Account
It has been two weeks since I opened an account at DollarSavingsDirect. Since the account has been verified and it’s up and running. Here are a few updates on the account.
Trail Deposits
I opened the account on Sunday, November 9th. During the application process, I was told that the two small trail deposits will be posted [...]
Weekend Linkage - November 23, 2008
Market Recap
U.S. stocks fell for the third straight weeks this week as concerns over the fate of Citigroup and Detroit’s Big Three weighed on stocks. On Thursday, the S&P 500 index even closed at its lowest level in 11 years after a report from the Labor Department showed weekly jobless claims rose to the [...]
Citi Closed My Dividend Platinum Select Card
A couple of days ago, I received a letter from Citi, informing me that my Dividend Platinum Select card will be closed soon due to inactivity after a routine account review.
It’s true that I haven’t used that card for a long time. In fact, I didn’t even active that card since they decided to upgrade [...]
The Growing List of Failed Banks
I am not really worried about Citi right now, despite that investors who question the bank’s ability to sustain mounting losses from toxic loans and bad investments have pushed Citi stock to below $4 a share on Friday, the lowest in 16 years (hope you didn’t buy Citi stock). Citi has raised some $70 billion [...]
