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Free Trade And Dividend Reinvestment From Zecco

Posted by Sun on October 21, 2006 (1) Comment

It seems that Zecco not only offers free equity trade for an account with a balance of $2500 or more, but they also have free dividend reinvestment. The following is from Zecco’s FAQ section:
Does Zecco Trading allow account holders to automatically reinvest dividends for equities and exchange traded funds?
Yes, dividend reinvestment is a feature that [...]

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Buy Stocks Directly from Companies? Absolutely!

Posted by Sun on October 21, 2006 (5) Comment

I have always wanted to buy stocks from companies directly instead of going through a middle-man and paying anywhere from $4 to $7 per trade. However, I never knew where to go and how to start. So the plan has been put off and I really didn’t actively pursue the idea. Then last night, I [...]

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Time to Reconsider 4-Week T-Bill Purchase?

Posted by Sun on October 20, 2006 Comments Off

Exactly one month ago, I canceled our $3000 weekly 4-Week T-Bill purchase after the interest rate dropped to 4.757%, far less than the 5.15% APY we earned from EmigrantDirect at that time.
In the past month, we have seen changes on both the banking and T-Bill fronts and the new developments made me wonder if [...]

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Zecco Free Dividend Reinvestment, Again

Posted by Sun on October 19, 2006 Comments Off

Don't know if I missed it last time (I did search "dividend" at several locations, including FAQ, on their website the other day), or they just added, but today I found this from Zecco's FAQ section:
Does Zecco Trading allow account holders to automatically reinvest dividends for equities and exchange traded funds?Yes, dividend reinvestment is a [...]

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Zecco Free Dividend Reinvestment Confirmed

Posted by Sun on October 19, 2006 (8) Comment

Recently, Zecco started offering equity free trade for customers with $2,500 or more in their accounts. While this news certainly got my attention considering that I am now paying from $4 to $7 for each stock trade, there was one question that I didn’t find answer from their posts: there’s no mention of dividend reinvestment. [...]

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2006 4-Week T-Bill Rate Update

Posted by Sun on October 12, 2006 Comments Off

After reaching a low of 4.624% on September 28th, the rate of the 4-week T-Bill has rebounded a little bit, with the most recent auction on October 10th resulted in a 4.87% APY. While the rate is still lower than what some popular online savings accounts (such as EmigrantDirect and HSBCDirect) currently offer, buying 4-week [...]

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30 Free Trades per Month from BoA

Posted by Sun on October 11, 2006 Comments Off

Bank of America is now offering $0 equity trade for customers with $25,000 or more in all asset across BoA deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and CDs.
Offer available with an individual or joint Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (BAI) Self-Directed Brokerage account. If you have a combined total of $25,000 or more in [...]

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I Like The New Yahoo Finance Chart

Posted by Sun on October 10, 2006 Comments Off

I only discovered the new Yahoo Finance Chart yesterday and really like it. I used to go to place like BigChart.com for detailed, interactive charts, but now it seems I can get all I want from Yahoo.

What I like the most is the way I can change the time range. At the bottom of [...]

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September 2006 Score Card — Part IV: Asset Allocation

Posted by Sun on October 9, 2006 Comments Off

This is the last item on the September 2006 score card: asset allocations of the taxable accounts.
In addition to investing regularly in our retirement accounts (401(k)s, Roth IRAs), I also have some stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds in taxable accounts. Right now, these accounts serve as supplements to our retirement investments. When it comes [...]

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“How to Invest When You’re Young”

Posted by Sun on October 4, 2006 Comments Off

This is the title of an article from Kiplinger's Personal Finance. The article suggested several options to start investing with a small amount of money (less than $500). According to the article, youngsters can start stock investment with Sharebuilder, which charges $4 for each transaction. For the long-term, the article brought up a couple of [...]

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