The Sun's Financial Diary

On my way to work yesterday, I heard on the radio that Warren Buffett sent a memo to staff at Berkshire Hathaway in wake of recent HP scandal and option back-dating at companies like Apple. What interested me most was that Buffett told his colleagues that the five most dangerous words in business are
"Everybody else [...]

From AP
NEW YORK – A plane crash has been reported on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Video from the scene shows at least three apartments in the high rise fully engulfed in flames.

In addition to the 1GB Nano, Bank of America has a credit card offer that also include

$50 Statement Credit after qualifying transaction(s)
0% balance transfer for one year

To receive the free iPod, you have to
use your new account within 90 days of the date the account is opened by Bank of America to make any [...]

I applied a Discover Mills Card back in July, which offers 12,000 bonus miles, fee-free 0% balance transfer for one year, and additional 1,000 monthly bonus miles for 12 months with any purchase charged with the card (BTW, the offer is still valid). Immediately after receiving the card, I called Discover to confirm the one-year [...]

Have an equity account and want some free trade?
Bank of America is now offering $0 equity trade for customers with $25,000 or more in all asset across BoA deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and CDs.
Offer available with an individual or joint Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (BAI) Self-Directed Brokerage account. If you have a [...]

I only discovered the new Yahoo Finance Chart yesterday and really like it. I used to go to place like BigChart.com for detailed, interactive charts, but now it seems I can get all I want from Yahoo.

What I like the most is the way I can change the time range. At the bottom of [...]

In the October issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, they have a list of The Best of 2006, which covers stocks, mutual funds, tools, services, insurance, travel, and shopping. I may not agree with some of their choices, but it’s always good to know that there are other good resources out there in addition to what [...]

Two weeks ago, there was a McAfee software sale at Buy.com and I got a McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007 for free (no, there was no rebate, just free). I have anti-virus software already and the software I bought wasn't for my own use. So I put it up at Amazon.com for $6.50 (the lowest price). [...]

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 [...]

According to Renie Ravin at Skepticity, Wordpress users can use Google's newly launched ping service and ping Google blog search automatically by adding the following 
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
to "Update Services" under Option -> Write.