TradeKing is celebrating National Friendship Day by offering $50 sign up bonuses and referrals. It’s our Free Money Friday offer this week.
How to Get Your Sign up Bonus

Have a current TradeKing member refer you*.
Use the link in the email you receive to open a new TradeKing account by August 31, 2009.
Fund your account with [...]

Posted August 14, 2009 in Investing by Madison | Comments?

Our investment club just finished reevaluating our broker. We do this every couple years to make sure we’re getting the best service and the best rates. We decided to stay with Scottrade.
Scottrade Account Details

Account Minimum: None
Opening Account Minimum: $500
Account Fees: None
Trading Fees: $7 per trade (market or limit), which includes stock and ETF trades. [...]

Posted August 11, 2009 in Investing by Madison | Comments?

This is a guest post by Carson Brackney, writer for Personal Finance Analyst. Personal Finance Analyst is an online community of bloggers dedicated to taking the mystery out of money and helping you to live a happier, more successful life with the money you have.
Risk Tolerance Calculators
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Posted July 20, 2009 in Investing by Guest Author | 1 Comment

I recently asked How is your Lending Club Account Doing? after seeing my net annualized return on investment at 8.44%.
I enjoyed reading readers’ responses about their portfolios at Lending Club and wanted to share them. It’s fun to see how everyone stacks up.
What I find particularly interesting is that many readers are taking the time [...]

Posted June 3, 2009 in Investing by Madison | 5 Comments

I logged into my Lending Club account this week to see how my loans are doing. So far my net annualized return on investment is 8.44%!
My Lending Club Account
My loans are all current, which is much better than the loan I had at Prosper, which was charged-off last week because the person filed bankruptcy. [...]

Posted May 20, 2009 in Investing by Madison | 14 Comments