Personal finance
Chase Freedom Card Switches to Rewards Points
I have been using Chase Freedom Card for a while and like it quite a lot because its 3% cashback rewards program. Though I don’t use the card for every purchase, I do charge the card at gas stations and grocery stores to make sure that they are in the top three categories so I [...]
Poll Result: Your Favorite Discount Brokers
Early last month, I ran a poll here at this blog asking readers to name their favorite brokers. The purpose of that poll is to see what we ordinary investors are using when it comes to buy and sell stocks/ETFs and whether our choice coincide with experts’ opinion.
When I search for a broker, my first [...]
Add Wind to Your Portfolio with PowerShares Global Wind Energy ETF
So what are alternative energies?
According to Wikipedia, alternative energy sources include biomass, geothermal, solar energy, wind energy, and wave power.
In late April, Glaymore Securities launched a Solar Energy exchange-traded fund, TAN, which lets investors in solar energy providers as well as solar energy related equipment and material suppliers. Early this month, PowerShares introduced its own [...]
Banks Taken Over by FDIC in 2008
IndyMac Bank, the California-based bank specializing in mortgage lending, became the latest, yet largest so far, bank to fail in 2008 after the bank’s customers withdrew more than $1.3 billion since June amid crisis in the financial and housing market. Last Friday, July 11, 2008, IndyMac Bank was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance [...]







