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Current Bank & Broker Promotion Bonuses

Posted by Sun

If you are looking for a little incentive to open a bank or brokerage account, there are a few promotions currently running which will give you as much as $50 bonus for a single new account. Check them out. Maybe there’s something you need

TradeKing $50 bonus for a new account: Open an account [...]

Citi PremierPass Card 1,500 ThankYou Points Promotion

Posted by Sun on October 5, 2009

Citi PremierPass Card, one of the best travel reward credit cards, is running a promotion to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the introduction of the card (I had the PremierPass for nearly 3 years).
From now till December 31, 2009, card members can earn up to 1,500 ThankYou points by simply using the card to make [...]

September 2009 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on October 5, 2009

Another solid month is in the books.
September didn’t turn out to be the month of market sell-off as I heard from some predictions when the month began. To the contrary, September was a good month for stock investors with all major indices finishing the month in positive territories: The Dow gained 2.2% for the month, [...]

Weekend Linkage – October 4, 2009

Posted by Sun on October 4, 2009

We were quite happy with the apartment we rent until last week when the neighbor upstairs started to make this huge noise, some time it didn’t stop until 1:00 in the morning. Last Wednesday, when I worked from home, the pounding noise every few minutes almost drove me crazy. So I went upstairs to see [...]

September 2009 Unemployment Rate at 9.8% – Chart of the Day

Posted by Sun on October 2, 2009

Despite signs that the economy has started to recover, U.S. employers continued to cut workers.
In the latest employment report released this morning, the Labor Department said nonfarm payroll shrank by another 263,000 in September, pushing the monthly unemployment rate to 9.8%, the highest level since June 1983.

In September, the employment in construction fell 63,000 while [...]

How We Saved Money when Moving

Posted by Sun on October 1, 2009

Early last month, we moved from New Jersey to Virginia due to job changes. It was by far the longest relocation we had and a very stressful event because we basically had to deal with everything ourselves, from searching a new place in VA to the eventual 250-mile move. When all was done, we found [...]

Happy Birthday!

Posted by Sun on October 1, 2009

TradeKing $50 Bonus for New Account Is Back

Posted by Sun on October 1, 2009

It was only a month ago when TradeKing celebrated the National Friendship Day with a promotion that gave a $50 bonus to people who opened a new account through a reference from an existing customer. Now the online discount broker is bringing back the popular promotion for the month of October.
If you want to take [...]

Is CreditKarma Useful?

Posted by Sun on September 30, 2009

Or should I say “useless”?
I wrote a lengthy review of CreditKarma back in March. At that time, I thought I could use the free service to monitor my credit score because, though it isn’t really the FICO score, I can still use the relative changes to have an idea on how my credit score moves. [...]

Borders to Offer Free Wi-Fi Connection in Its Stores

Posted by Sun on September 30, 2009

According to Yahoo News yesterday, book retailer Borders will offer free Wi-Fi connection in nearly 500 stores across the nation in an effort to attract more potential customers to its stores.
Coffee shop chain Starbucks already has free wireless service for its in-store customers. However, to use their free wireless network, you have to register your [...]

Zecco Forex 20% Deposit Bonus Offer

Posted by Sun on September 29, 2009

Are you using Zecco to trade Forex?
If not, there’s one good reason to try Zecco Forex: For a limited time, you can get up to 20% bonus up to $1,000 for deposit you make into the account!

I have discussed Zecco Forex Trading before when the platform was first introduced in April. However, since I don’t [...]

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