Investing
Free Trade And Dividend Reinvestment From Zecco
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 [...]
Buy Stocks Directly from Companies? Absolutely!
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 [...]
Time to Reconsider 4-Week T-Bill Purchase?
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 [...]
Zecco Free Dividend Reinvestment, Again
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 [...]
Zecco Free Dividend Reinvestment Confirmed
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. [...]
2006 4-Week T-Bill Rate Update
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 [...]
30 Free Trades per Month from BoA
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 [...]
I Like The New Yahoo Finance Chart
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 [...]
September 2006 Score Card — Part IV: Asset Allocation
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 [...]
“How to Invest When You’re Young”
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 [...]
