Archive for October, 2006
Friday, October 13th, 2006
ADVFN stands for Advance Finance Network, they are located at www.ADVFN.com. They basically provide free data to investors. When I first went to the page, the first suprise I noticed was that George "Fat Pitch" from Fat Pitch Financials was on the front page listed as one of their bloggers. ...
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Friday, October 13th, 2006
Here's an update to my short-term portfolio over at Sogoinvest. I bought on the dates 9/12, 9/22, and 9/27 for an average cost of $9.72/share. I sold yesterday at $10.38 and netted about a 6.7% gain in a month. I think the price will retreat and I can pick up ...
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Friday, October 13th, 2006
James D. Brausch runs a great Internet business blog over at jamesbrauch.com. I am particularly interested in his articles about traffic generation, namely:1. Duplicate Content Reality2. My #1 Traffic Strategy3. Traffic from Content SitesI dont really consider my blog an "internet businees", but rather more of a hobby. For those ...
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
I'm starting a series where I detail my adventures in signing up for credit cards and bank accounts simply for the bonuses. I signed up for a number of different credit cards in the past week in order for the rewards. Before anyone gets started on the possible negative effects ...
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Heads up, Zecco launched yesterday.Here's some other things to add to my original post on Zecco here.Max 10 stock trades per day, 40 per month. $3.50 per trade after that.No inactivity fees.IRA accounts are available, $50 annual fee.ACAT fee is $50.I'm still turned off by the $2,500 minimum at this ...
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Besides being a hot toy, it's also a great invstment. My brother apparently saw the craze coming. He grabbed as many of these toys as he could. At $40 a piece, the TMX Elmo was sold out insanely fast. On eBay the toy goes for about $80-$120, that's a ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
I just joined uPromise just now. Basically the premise of the program is you can link up your store shopper cards (From A&P, Pathmark, Stop & Shop, etc.) and credit cards and you'll earn free cash on various purchases. This does not affect your current rewards with your credit cards ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
The United Mileage Plus Visa Card is offering 25,000 bonus miles after $250 in spending. The first year's annual fee is waived. You also get two free certificates with the offer: a free one-way 1,000 mile, one class upgrade certificate and a $25 United Discount travel certificate.Spend $250 and ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
I found out about this awhile ago but I'm finally getting a chance to write about this now. Here's the lowdown:The idea? Zecco is offering free trades starting October 9th. Penson Financial Services, the 5th largest clearing firm in the U.S. will clear their trades. The current minimum to open ...
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
To turn one cent ($0.01) into ten million dollars ($10,000,000) you would have to double that penny about thirty times. Here's the process of doubling a penny thirty times.$0.02, $0.04, $0.08, $0.16, $0.32, $0.64, $1.28, $2.56, $5.12, $10.24, $20.48, $40.96, $81.92, $163.84, $327.68, $655.36, $1,310.72, $2,621.44, $5,242.88, $10,485.76, $20,971.52, $41,943.04, ...
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