The Sun’s Financial Diary

Have you filed your 2009 taxes yet?
I haven’t. I have received most of the tax documents already, but haven’t started the process because, like what happened in the past few years, I don’t expect to have a refund this year. So I am not that hurry, but I did get my tax software already.
If you [...]

Are you using iPhone? If you are, then I have some freebies for you. No, it’s not the free Citi Mobile app.
I was contacted by Christopher Chapin at Space Age Industries LLC the other day about sharing a cool tool with readers of this blog, the Compound Interest Calculator (Don’t know how compound interest works? [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I ran a holiday giveaway of 10 Flip video cameras provided by American Express. Now that the holiday is over, it’s time to pick up winners. Actually, I was a little late in selecting who to receive the cameras because it wasn’t as easy as I initially thought. Anyway, after [...]

How do you like the idea of having a Flip Mino video camera as a holiday gift?
If you like it, then here’s your chance to win one of 10 Flip Mino cameras in this Savvy Holiday Money Tip contest and giveaway, sponsored by American Express.
Yesterday, I wrote about the new ZYNC card from American Express. [...]

I mentioned last month my unpleasant experience with PNC Bank over the business checking account I recently opened with them. The branch manager later sent me a $5 Texaco gift card as a gesture for the trouble I went through. It’s nice that the bank values my business and wants me to be a happy [...]

Received this offer in the mail, so not sure whether it’s targeted or not.
The offer says if you buy any TurboTax 2008 products, TurboTax Deluxe ($59.95), TurboTax Premium ($89.95), or TurboTax Home & Business ($99.95), directly from Intuit, you will receive Money Coach for FREE as a gift, valued at $89.95.
If you are interested, you [...]

Your chance to win one of ten copies of TurboTax Deluxe 2008 and TaxCut Premium 2008 for free.
First of all, I want to thank Intuit TurboTax (Chelsea QuickenPRChels on Twitter and Ashley TurboTaxAshley on Twitter) and H&R Block TaxCut (Stacy HRBlock on Twitter) for providing the tax software that makes this giveaway possible, so readers [...]

Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of the Make a Guess Win a Prize last day contest and the winner of the NURU Personal Finance Card giveaway. Was a little busy yesterday
For the last Daily Giveaway contest, I asked participants to guess closing number of all three indices, the Dow, the [...]

OK, it looks like it’s time to wrap up the annual Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway with the last segment.
As I mentioned when the contest began that the last day will be difference from the previous five contests because  not only the prize will go up from $20 to $50, but also [...]

So the Christmas holiday is almost over, but our Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway will continue for two more contests that bring us to the new year.
This Friday, on the fourth day of the contest, Andrew made the winning guess of the Dow’s closing number at 8,510 when the index actually closed [...]