$100 OptionsXpress Bonus Received, Zecco Referral Bonuses Distributed, and Account Transfer to TradeKing Completed
After learning that Zecco relaunched its referral program last December, I set up a referral program of my own shortly after. With my program, I promised to share $20 of the $50 bonus Zecco rewards me for each new account I refer to them. In the first 2 weeks after I put up my program, [...]
OptionsXpress $100 Bonus Offer Alive Again
The $100 bonus offer from OptionsXpress is back!
To get the bonus, $500 must be deposited into the account by March 31, 2008. I opened an account when the offer was around before the new year. Now I am just waiting for the free money
Meanwhile, TradeKing is also giving $100 bonus for new accounts [...]
Zecco, TradeKing, ING Direct Referral Bonus and More [Ongoing]
More bonus for using my referral links!
I have accounts with many banks, brokers, and online shopping rewards sites, etc., and some of them offer benefits for referring a new customer. If you need a referral for the following programs, please use the contact form to send me an email with a valid email address and [...]
Scottrade Launched Improved Mutual Fund Center
I have been a loyal customer of Scottrade for more than 5 years. Though I have opened a number of brokerage accounts during that time period, Scottrade remains my primary broker holding most of our investable assets. There are reasons for me to stick with Scottrade (Scottrade 3 free trades offer).
Last week, Scottrade informed me [...]
Free Money: $100 Bonus When Opening an OptionsXpress Account
Spotted this deal on FatWallet.com and it seems to be an easy money just for the holiday
If you open an OptionsXpress account and fund it with at least $500 before December 31st, they will give you a $100 bonus. From the offer page
In order to qualify for the $100 offer, account application must [...]
ShareBuilder Lowers Real-Time Trading Commission and Firstrade Account Transfer
Good changes are coming to ShareBuilder after ING Direct bought the online discount brokerage firm a month ago.
An email from ShareBuilder over the weekend informed me that starting December 17th, the cost of trading securities at real time at ShareBuilder will be at a flat fee of $9.95 for both market and limit orders. ShareBuilder [...]
Reassurance from E-Trade
As E-Trade’s stock bounced back to $5+ level, it seems the bankruptcy rumor has calmed down a little bit. Actually, instead of going out of business, E-Trade may become a take-over target (that speculation played a big role in driving up the stock price).
Anyway, today I received an email from E-Trade regarding my account with [...]
Get Up to $100 When Switching to Scottrade
I am currently using several brokerage accounts and each of them has its own *unique* features. For example, I use Firstrade for stocks that pays dividend (such as MO), but it charges $6.95 per trade, E-Trade for stocks listed in Hong Kong, and QQQDirect to buy QQQQ without commission (find out more in my brokerage [...]
Assessing the Progress toward Financial Simplification
Back in April, after reviewing our financial structure, I came to the conclusion that our system was way to complex due to the large number of accounts we own, though I managed to make the system work quite smoothly for us.
Now nearly five months have passed since I decided to simplify our finance to make [...]
Opened E-Trade Global Trading Account
I have been considering an E-Trade Global Trading account for quite some time. I thought it’s a good idea to invest directly into foreign markets, in addition to buying ADRs that are listed on US markets. What held me back is the high cost of trading foreign stocks.
However, I still want to try that program [...]
