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Hmm ……

Posted by Sun on November 8, 2006 (0) Comment

and how many we have on this planet? Something like 6 billion? Besides, if I spend every penny I earned, would that still mean I am "rich"?
I wonder how they get this number.
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Managing My ING Account with Fidelity Fullview: Mission Impossible?

Posted by Sun on November 5, 2006 (2) Comment

I have a Yodlee account for a while, but never linked any of my personal account with it. The reason is simple: I am not 100% confident to give all my account numbers, user IDs, and passwords to a company I had no relationship of any kind with, though they seems to be quite popular. [...]

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What’s Your Highest Priority? House? Retirement? Or 529?

Posted by Sun on November 1, 2006 (3) Comment

One of my friends had a baby last month. While enjoying the parenthood, the couple is also planning for their daughter's future: save for her college. He sent me, among several other guys, an email last weekend for suggestions on 529 plans. After I replied by telling him that I have both 529 accounts and [...]

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Out of Treat

Posted by Sun on November 1, 2006 (0) Comment

Last night, I left work a little early than usual to take our daughter to a nearby mall for trick-or-treat, which was scheduled from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
By the time we got there, it was 5:00 pm and some kids were already on their way out. Apparently, the party was almost over. Most [...]

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Mishaps with Vanguard

Posted by Sun on October 30, 2006 (3) Comment

Vanguard may be a great company for investing, but my experience with them on non-investing related issues wasn't that great at all. It all began with my Roth IRA transfer that I started the same time last month. Here's the timeline of the process (and it isn't over yet):

September 30: Mailed Roth IRA transfer forms [...]

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