Archive for November, 2007

State of California can’t find Steve Jobs?

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Here’s one very interesting article I read today:
Can someone please help the state of California find Steve Jobs?
State Controller John Chiang is holding $443.81 in insurance payments and other funds that belong to the Apple chieftain – plus three shares of IBM and one share of Time Warner in his name.
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Obopay adds monthly fee

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

I first read about Obopay from Jonathan’s MyMoneyBlog. I went for it, applied and got some free cash out of it. However, I could not really find much use for the account.
Yesterday, I received a letter in the mail saying that they are adding a $4.95 monthly maintenance fee to the account starting from Nov [...]

Tools for tracking my portfolio

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

A few readers have asked me which financial software I am using to track my portfolio. I will try to clarify with this post.
My portfolio is mainly tracked on a spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel. I created a spreadsheet that lists the major asset classes I have invested in and the investment vehicles in each asset [...]