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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 [...]
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 [...]
So We Finally Made It!
Not sure if there's anybody celebrating, but we have a new record for the Dow at the close, 11,727.34. The old record was 11722.98, set on January 14, 2000 at the peak of the Internet bubble.
Latest Chinese IPO On Deck — EDU
New Oriental Education (EDU) will be the latest Chinese stock to be listed on the big board. According to IPOHome.com, EDU will offer 7.5 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at a range of $11-$13 and the stock will start to trade on Wednesday, September 6.
EDU’s main business is test preparation. As tens of thousands [...]
MSFT Shares Stay With Me, For Now
I received in the mail a notice from Microsoft today regarding their announced share buy back plan. The offered cash price is between $22.50 to $24.75 per share and the offer will expire on August 17, 2006.
Currently I have 200 Microsoft shares, purchased in November 2004, days before their special $3 dividend distribution. Since [...]
Loaded More Nortel Shares
I bought another 320 shares of Nortel Network, at $1.99, with some dividend money accumulated in my Scottrade account. This brings the totoal number of shares I owned to 2720. Since early 2002, I have been on and off with NT several times and when I first bought NT in 2002, the shares were traded [...]
Stock Market’s Roller-Coaster Ride
Though there is one more trading day left for the month of July, the stock market was nothing but volatile. For the past twenty sessions, the Dow has seen triple digits gain/loss 7 times (7th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 24th, and 28th)!
Yet, despite the huge ups and downs, we are not too far away from [...]
