What Can You Do to Address Global Poverty?
October 18, 2008
I have been somewhat disconnected from the financial blogosphere lately and I missed an important event, Poverty Awareness via Blog Action Day. As the income gap continues to grow, wealth distribution in this country and around the world follows the idea of the 80/20 rule; a small percentage of the world has the majority of the […]
How Can YOU Save the US Economy – The Secret to Success of the American Dream
October 16, 2008
Where will you be when recession is defeated? Will you be wallowing in the latest gloomy headlines or will you be the one leading the United States boldly into the future? I’ll be honest. I have a job, a home, healthcare, and food on the table so I have the luxury of a full belly, […]
Zecco Trading Promotion – Investing While Trades are Free and Stocks are Cheap
October 16, 2008
Zecco is offering free trades for the month of October so I opened a Zecco account for my wife and I yesterday at the online brokerage. Once ACH funding through our bank account is setup I’ll transfer over some money and start investing. I will probably stay away from individual stocks and purchase ETF’s. Since […]
Prosper Adding Secondary Loan Market, Lending Club Soon to Lend Again?
October 15, 2008
Prosper is going through a process to “register, with the appropriate securities authorities, promissory notes that may be offered and sold to lenders through our site in the future” so that they can offer a secondary market for loans. During the registration process, Prosper is having to go into somewhat of a holding pattern, the […]
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Review
October 14, 2008
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is speech recognition software that allows you to dictate your content to your computer without having to type in everything by hand. I am actually using Dragon NaturallySpeaking to write this review. You may remember that I have had problems with repetitive stress pain in the past and used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for a […]
Selling Stock Short – Who Sells Short and How they Profit From It
October 13, 2008
Selling stock short has been in the news a lot recently since stocks across the board have been dropping in price and many speculators have found it a good opportunity to make some money. Short Selling Example Short selling is based on the fact that people believe the price of stock will go down. It […]
FNBO Direct ATM Card
October 10, 2008
My FNBO Direct ATM card came in the mail yesterday. I’m using the account for long term savings so I don’t anticipate needing regular access to the money in the near future but the ATM card will be nice to have if I need it. I also got an email about FNBO’s Pay Yourself […]
Free Stock Trades with Zecco and $100 Bonuses
October 10, 2008
Free Stock Trades Zecco has always offered free online stock trading for your first 10 trades of the month but in October, they are running a promotion where they’re offering unlimited free stock trades. Zecco is charging no commissions for equity or options trades from 10/1/2008 – 10/31/2008. $100 Bank Signup Bonus Citibank is running […]
Barack Obama vs John McCain – Who Cares?
October 9, 2008
Four years ago I poured my heart into the presidential election but this year I’m ashamed to say that I am a horrible citizen. The Political Campaigner Last election I took time off of work to campaign for the candidate I thought would be best for the country. I knocked on doors, made phone calls, […]
Career Advice to Help You Get Ahead & Feel Good About It
October 8, 2008
So what’s the secret to getting ahead at work? I asked my co-workers for their best career advice when I surveyed my peers for professional feedback as I left my last job. Here’s how I worded it: “Please share one piece of advice that has been the most valuable for you in furthering your career and professional […]
