The Sun's Financial Diary
Personal experience of saving, investing, living frugally, and everything else that matters.
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The True Cost of a Coupon - 9 days ago
Like many frugal femmes, I love to clip coupons. Every Sunday I relax with a cup of tea, a sharp pair of scissors and the Sunday paper. I flip through all the coupons and clip any I see for products that I regularly use.Recently, I’ve noticed many.. Topics: Living, Money, Personal finance

Revolution Money To Be Part of American Express - 10 days ago
When I read the news this morning that American Express is paying $300 million to buy Revolution Money, the first thing came into my mind was “What will happen to Revolution Money Exchange once it becomes part of a big business that doesn’t... Topics: Money, Personal finance

Why Throw Money Away? - 10 days ago
“Are you kidding me?”Those were the exact words I thought when my husband came home and shared with me what he saw his coworker doing. Each week she digs deep into her purse and purges it of all the loose change both in her wallet as well as.. Topics: Finance, Money, Personal finance

Bought a Few Stocks Today - 15 days ago
I forget when was the last time I traded stocks. It must have been at least a few months ago because since I started this new job in June, I barely had any time during the day for *my own business* , but today I made a couple of purchases: one IPO... Topics: BX, BXP, GA, Investing, KKR, LFC, Stock

Buy Foreign Stocks: E*Trade vs. Fidelity - 16 days ago
When E*Trade launched its global trading platform in 2007, I saw it as an opportunity to finally be able to buy some internationals stocks that are not otherwise available to retail investors in the U.S. At that time, Chinese stocks were as hot as they... Topics: Brokerage, ICBC, Investing, PGJ, Stock














