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Archive for February, 2008

In Case You Missed it – Dividends, Interest etc.

Posted February 29th, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

In case you missed it the first time around, now is an even better time to get into financials. WB now sports a dividend of 8.3%. It is unlikely that the bank will cut its dividend and even if it halves the dividend to 4.2% that is still better than the best non-promotional savings rate [...]

Taxes :(

Posted February 22nd, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

I finally started doing my taxes. I’m using taxact again this year (because it is free) like I did last year but taxact won’t let me import last year’s data unless I pay for the Deluxe version. Anyway so I filled out my information again. It is a pain in the ass calculating the purchase [...]

What to invest in now?

Posted February 5th, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

Now that the market is taking a downturn, what should one do? I’m mostly hanging on to what I have and buying internationals and financials at every major drop. Now is a good time to get into India Funds which are way off their highs. Also both Wachovia and Bank of America do not plan [...]