The Sun’s Financial Diary

According to SeekingAlpha.com, now you can buy the ETF QQQQ at QQQDirect commission free. The article on SeekingAlpha.com also reported that
The NASDAQ is sponsoring and subsidizing this arrangement. After opening an online account and choosing a payment option, QQQQ can be purchased automatically in amounts of as little as $25 per month.
After I checked their [...]

Paypal has a promotion of $20 off with a purchase of $50 or more between November 23rd and December 31st. Some purchases may be also good for free shipping. To qualify for the cash rebate, registration must be made before November 22nd. Here's the fine print from Paypal website
Receive a $20 USD Cash Rebate by [...]

I got this email from Staples this morning with a $20 off $200 or more purchase, in store, online, or by phone. The coupon will expire tomorrow, November 21st. I don't think I'm gonna make any purchase till then. If anybody needs this coupon, leave a comment so I can email the link and coupon [...]

I really don't know if it's only me or somebody else who ever transfered their IRA assets from Scottrade to Vanguard had the same terrible experience.
After my last conversation with Vanguard more than two weeks ago, I thought all the troubles I had with Vanguard were behind me and the last chapter of the nearly [...]

According to US Mint,
The United States is honoring our Nation’s Presidents by issuing $1 circulating coins featuring their images in the order that they served, beginning with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison in 2007. The United States Mint will mint and issue four Presidential $1 coins per year, and each will have a [...]

My boyfriend and I have lived together for 10 years (no kids), and we get along fine. Recently he found out I can add him to the health insurance I get from the company I work for part-time. He wants me to do this to save him money, but I don't want to. He owns [...]

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The auction of last week's 4-week T-bill set the rate at the highest level of the year. Even without considering the equivalent taxable yield, the rate of 5.243% APR almost matches what GMAC bank has to offer (5.30% APY with $500 initial deposit). 

At 5.243% APR, the annual percentage yield (APY) is 5.37%. Since interestes [...]

After staying at $.199/gallon for nearly 3 weeks, the gas prices at my local station saw first increase in months, back to above $2 again.
Last Friday, when I passed by the station that I always use to fill up my car, I noticed the price for one gallon regular gas was at $2.03, up [...]

I have four credit cards from Chase: PerfectCard, Rewards, Sony (from Bank one), and Amazon. Except the Amazon card, all the other three sent me balance transfer offers almost every month and I never hesitated to write myself a convenient check and deposit the money into my bank when the terms were right: 0% APR [...]