I have been using MB Trading brokerage account for last 5 years. I was attracted by their professional screen layout of the trading platform. I am attaching screen shots below for you to see. During market hours when the data keep on refreshing, it gives a feeling that you are in the trading pit! With a very steep learning curve to master the software and availability of very limited educational materials, MB Trading may not be an ideal choice for a brokerage for new investors. MB Trading received “top rated online broker” award for 7 consecutive years now, including 2012….
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I read the news on one of the personal finance websites. There’s someone offering 1.25% APY on saving account! Got curious and started with my investigation. The first thing that stuck out to me for Tiaa Direct saving account was a PO box for a bank’s address! I mean, are you kidding? I haven’t seen a bank’s physical address pointing to a PO box! I decided to read, experience and then write a review about TIAA Direct savings account. One good thing, this bank TIAA Direct is TIAA – CREF group company. Tiaa CREF is a reputable name in teachers’…
Mint.com is a web based financial tool that helps you put your budget in order. It consolidates all your financial data in one place, and is equipped with simple and powerful features like simple alerts for bills or payments and goal-oriented accounting that even charts your progress towards a financial objective. When used in conjunction with your credit cards, Mint.com can even advice you on which card to use in exchange for the information of how you use your credit cards, which can lead to either less cost or even savings. You can use Mint.com for anything financial, from investments,…
Welcome every one. We are officially 1 month old. And Google has granted us some authority. Now when I searched using the blog name, I saw FPR as the first entry listed. Even we are now seeing a couple of search engine visitors everyday. this is a good sign. Although I don’t think we would see any significant search traffic till we are 6 months old. This is my experience from building my personal finance blog, One Cent at a Time. We saw traffic increase at 3 months level, 6 months level and at 1 year. Although the back-link profile…
Welcome to the most recent Edition of the Carnival of Retirement. If you want to submit a post for next week’s edition, please use this submission form. Next week’s edition will be hosted by Tackling Our Debt This is the first Carnival I am hosting here at FPR. If you are visiting for the first time at this blog, you are most welcome. This is not your average day-to-day blog. It’s a specialist blog which reviews financial products and gives out a recommendation. Follow the blog and let us keep you be informed in the financial market place. Glen Craig…
Debt usage determines 30% of your credit score. The better you handle your debts, the better your credit score comes out. This is the goal of Credit Karma, a company based in San Francisco, that offers free credit scores for its consumers. The information from credit scores can guide Credit Karma users into better credit health by monitoring the effects of their financial decisions on their credit scores when the change happens, and adjust their actions accordingly. To write Credit karma review, I signed up for their account. The process is extremely smooth. yes, there is a risk involved when…
The most recent card to catch my eye has been the American Express Blue Cash Preferred card, which is an improved version of the flagship Blue Cash card. It has much more generous rewards structure than other cards on the market, comparable and perhaps better than Discover More Card, the best reward card we have reviewed so far. The pitch for the card definitely looks worth dying for in this market. Which says “6% cash back at supermarkets, 3% cash back at gas stations and department stores, and 1% back everywhere else“. The moment you you think that the supermarket…
This is first month anniversary of this blog. So far I have received around 972 page views and 253 unique visitors at Finance Product Reviews. Not bad so far provided I only has 7 visits through search engine. And so far I don’t even appear in the front page for a search term “Finance Product Reviews”. Let’s now bring out the articles I did like reading and a few reviews that might be of help if you are considering those. Mint.com iPhone app review at Buck Inspire covers some features on mint’s smart phone app. I am a Yodlee user,…
Savings accounts, particularly fancifully called “high-yield” savings accounts, are best for keeping your emergency fund or keeping money which you’ll need in a year or two. Any money that you don’t want to subject to the short-term risk and volatility in the stock market should be held in a savings account, earning as much interest as possible. “High-yield” is not really a “high” yield these days; even in 2006/2007 4% and 5% interest rate from an online saving account like Orange or EmmigrantDirect were common. Today, the best rates are all below 1.5% while only a select few are offering…
In a world increasing its use of on-line applications over legacy installations, some people still prefer to install programs on their home or work computers instead. With regards to online applications, there is no need for installations anymore, or even upgrades – only one instance of the application is live, with only one application of upgrades, if it is ever needed. But with legacy installations, you will have to go through some time installing the program, checking if the program works fine on your operating system, and then upgrading the program to its latest version. TurboTax Home and Business is…
