Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 17th, 2006
I'm basically responding to a comment posted in the HQ Net Worth page:"WTF? When are you planning on retiring?"I guess the comment was directed at my funds in my retirement account (Roth IRA).EligibilityRoth IRA: Single filers up to $95,000, join filers up to $150,000 (for full contributionsTraditional IRA: Under 70.5 ...
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Finally added a Site meter as of 4 pm today. I'll get an idea of traffic on my blog and where it's coming from now.
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
My post "Thoughts on penny stocks" was mentioned in the...... 35th Festival of Frugality hosted at Punny Money. I guess I should add that just because you're frugal doesn't mean you should purchase penny stocks. David Hasselhoff, hehe...... Carnival of Investing #35 hosted by Journey to Financial Freedom.... Carnival of ...
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Sunday, August 13th, 2006
As a customer...I've always loved Netflix ever since my brother joined 3 years ago. He's moved out and I've got my own Netflix subscription now. You don't have to be a hardcore movie lover to enjoy what Netflix has to offer. People see the term "unlimited" rentals and figure that ...
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
As I said before I'm going to try for various bank bonus deals to pad my wallet. I just cashed in on the Netbank bonus found here. I opened up a free checking account at Netbank with no minimums and no direct deposit required last month. The terms say you ...
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
After reading about the new online brokerage Sogoinvest, I decided to go and open an account. They currently have a 90 day promotional period with trades for $1. At the basic level they are suppose to offer no-frills $3 real-time market trades.Sogoinvest seems to offer automated trades like that of ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
After a conversation about penny stocks with a friend, I'll share some of my thoughts on penny stocks. I believe penny stocks are one of the most risky investment vehicles in the stock market. Here's why:Often the small market cap of the company allows for easy price manipulations in pump ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
It seems the talk about account holders being assigned new account numbers was true. However, you can just simply look at your last month's account statement now available to get your new account number without talking to a CSR or whatnot.
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Summer is generally the only time I have the chance to actually work a job so it's the months where my net worth increases. It's also the most tempting months to blow it all on fun too. I've been doing a good job so far increasing my net worth this ...
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Generally I am not for "trading" stock but however I spotted an extremely tempting opportunity yesterday I had to try out.SCT dropped 75% yesterday on news of their CEO resigning and reports of a substantial loss this quarter. 75%... in one day? I saw this as a market panic and ...
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