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Stock Market Crash of May 6 2010 Highlights a Broken Market
Thursday, 6 May, 2010 – 22:32 | 19 Comments
Stock Market Crash of May 6 2010 Highlights a Broken Market

There are days that question any remaining faith that you have in stock market investing. May 6, 2010 (today for those keeping score) is one of those days. Two odd happenings occurred on ‘the Street’ …

EverBank MarketSafe Diversified Metals CD – 50% Upside, Zero Downside
Thursday, 22 Apr, 2010 – 22:16 | 14 Comments
EverBank MarketSafe Diversified Metals CD – 50% Upside, Zero Downside

I just discovered the EverBank MarketSafe Diversified Metals Certificate of Deposit (CD), and thought it was a unique enough offering to give it a highlight here (I’m strongly considering it myself). For the risk averse …

8 Personal Finance Spring Cleaning Ninja Moves
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 8:09 | 12 Comments
8 Personal Finance Spring Cleaning Ninja Moves

Ahh…. Spring is in the air. Birds chirping, children frollicking in the park, opening day baseball, tax returns, my dog shedding clumps of hair, non-stop rain, sinus allergies…..focus, G.E., back to the positives…. flowers, ice …

How to Use a Trailing Stop-Loss Order to Preserve your Market Gains
Sunday, 21 Mar, 2010 – 10:31 | 8 Comments
How to Use a Trailing Stop-Loss Order to Preserve your Market Gains

What is a Trailing Stop Loss Order?
A trailing stop-loss order sounds like complex investing strategies, however, it is fairly simple to understand when you take a minute to learn what each part of it means. …

PerkStreet Financial Review: A Free Debit Card with Rewards
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 21:28 | 21 Comments
PerkStreet Financial Review: A Free Debit Card with Rewards

PerkStreetSM Financial Review – A Free Checking Account with a Visa® Debit Card
With the impending Credit Card Act looming, a large number of credit card providers are starting to charge annual fees for the use …

Final Day for TradeKing $50 Bonus
Sunday, 29 Nov, 2009 – 15:28 | One Comment
Final Day for TradeKing $50 Bonus

{Update: This promotion has ended, but you can still } Just a heads up on my previous TradeKing post that you have a little over 24 hours left for the $50 sign-up bonus. As I …

Why I Switched my IRA to TradeKing
Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009 – 21:08 | 7 Comments
Why I Switched my IRA to TradeKing

Switching to Tradeking
I just made the switch from ETrade to TradeKing for my IRA. I have kept Zecco.com for my non-retirement account (because Zecco has zero fees, even on the trades – but they charge a …

Special TradeKing Promotion: Make One Trade & Get $50 in Return
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 19:05 | 2 Comments
Special TradeKing Promotion: Make One Trade & Get $50 in Return

Hey all. I noticed that TradeKing is presently running a special promotion through affiliates (of which I am one) that I thought looked pretty good, so I wanted to share. Basically if you sign up …

Zecco Coupon Code for Free Trades – Limited Time Only
Tuesday, 25 Aug, 2009 – 19:18 | 3 Comments
Zecco Coupon Code for Free Trades – Limited Time Only

Zecco Coupon Code!
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Zecco for their low cost and easy to use trading platform, which I use for my personal non-retirement investment account. You can check out my Zecco …

My Battle with ETrade Over a $25 Fee on a No-Fee IRA
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 11:43 | 11 Comments
My Battle with ETrade Over a $25 Fee on a No-Fee IRA

ETrade Paper Statement Fee Strikes!
Back in 2005, I started a Roth IRA with ETrade because they offered a ‘no-fee IRA’ and they had a reputable name. All stock market losses aside, everything had been running …