The Sun's Financial Diary

I owned Vanguard Wellington Fund (VWELX) in my IRA account with Scottrade since 2001 and I am very happy with the fund’s performance. The only problem I have is Scottrade. I have both my taxable account and retirement account with Scottrade for more than five years, and they used to be very good: low fee, online [...]

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 [...]