The Sun’s Financial Diary

The reason I got my optionsXpress account two years ago was that the broker had a promotion at that time that gave every new customer $100 bonus with a minimum of $500 deposit. That’s 20% return without much work. So I opened the account, made the deposit and received the bonus. Unlike other free money [...]

Last month, online discount broker TradeKing launched the $50 new account bonus promotion as part of their annual fall campaign to sign up new customers. The offer was first supposed to end on October 31st, but the broker decided to extend the promotion by one month to the end of November.
I have been a TradeKing [...]

Online discount stock brokers Firstrade is having a triple sign-up bonus promotion. Open an account with Firstrade between now and December 31, 2009, and fund the new account, individual, joint, or IRA account, within 30 days after the account is opened to

Receive 100 commission-free trades for funds of $2,000 or more
Receive 100 commission-free [...]

The deal isn’t as good as what the card used to offer, but is still quite decent, if you are shopping for a new credit card that can actually becomes your everyday card.
Chase Freedom Card is having a promotion which will give new cardholder $50 bonus after the first purchase. I got the card back [...]

If you are looking for a little incentive to open a bank or brokerage account, there are a few promotions currently running which will give you as much as $50 bonus for a single new account. Check them out. Maybe there’s something you need

TradeKing $50 bonus for a new account: Open an account [...]

Capital One Direct is offering $25 bonus for its Online Savings Account and Money Market Account.
I opened a Capital One Savings Account last year when the rate was much higher and much attractive than the current rate of 1.60% APY. To give you an idea of where Capital One is in terms of rate, take [...]

It was only a month ago when TradeKing celebrated the National Friendship Day with a promotion that gave a $50 bonus to people who opened a new account through a reference from an existing customer. Now the online discount broker is bringing back the popular promotion for the month of October and November.
If you want [...]

Just got an email from PineCone Research with a new sign up link.
To become a PineCone Research panel member and get paid for completing online surveys, use this latest registration link to sign up. And, like always, you have to act quickly before the line expires. If you are not familiar with PineCone Research, check [...]

If you missed CollegeAdvantage’s bonus offer early this year, you can get it now.
Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Savings Plan, which was named by Morningstar one of the best college savings plans in April,  is running the promotion program again. If you are interested in opening a 529 account with CollegeAdvantage and receiving the bonus (and make [...]

TradeKing, one of the brokers that I am actively using, is celebrating the National Friendship Day in August with a promotion!
When the broker ran the program last year, I think it was quite successful from what I can see. Now the program is back with the same promotional bonus of $50. Here’s what you [...]