Investing

Bought 2000 Alibaba.com Shares

Posted by Sun on December 19, 2007 (4) Comment

At first, I was very excited when Alibaba.com announced its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in early November, but then only to be disappointed by a regulatory procedure which blocks any purchase by US investors of any foreign IPOs within the first 40 days of trading. At that time, I thought I [...]

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Random News: ShareBuilder Lowers Real-Time Trading Commission and Firstrade Account Transfer

Posted by Sun on December 18, 2007 (0) Comment

Good changes are coming to ShareBuilder after ING Direct bought the online discount brokerage firm a month ago.
An email from ShareBuilder over the weekend infomred me that starting December 17th, the cost of trading securities at real time at ShareBuilder will be at a flat fee of $9.95 for both market and limit orders. ShareBuilder [...]

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Using XTF’s Rating Tool to Research ETFs

Posted by Sun on December 17, 2007 (2) Comment

A while ago, I had a post on using XTF’s ETF Finder to find ETFs that belong to the same sector. I like that tool because it allows me to see all the competitors of a particular fund and gives me all the information I need on one page.
Recently (less than two months actually), [...]

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Zecco Trading Promotion: A FREE Book Plus $20 Bonus

Posted by Sun on December 15, 2007 (9) Comment

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E-Trade Customer Appreciation Day and ……

Posted by Sun on December 13, 2007 (2) Comment

So now E-Trade Financial seems out of the immediate danger of going out of business, they want to show their appreciation to those customers who chose to stay with them after the firm revealed big losses from subprime mortgage loans and saw their stock sink more than 50% in one day. An email from E-Trade [...]

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