Archive for February, 2008

Tax season and free filing

Monday, February 4th, 2008

It’s tax season again and I find myself shelling out another $20+ to get the tax software. Don’t you sometimes wonder why can’t the IRS provide a free and convenient filing facility for everyone, without adding on various limitations for free filing or asking the filer to use an outside vendor? Here’s one article I [...]

List of interesting ETF tickers

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Here are the tickers of some ETFs which I found particularly interesting or meaningful : BIL — SPDR Lehman 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF. BND — Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF. CUT — Claymore / Clear Global Timber ETF. You wanna CUT down a tree? GLD — Gold ETF streetTRACKS Gold Shares. KOL — Coal ETF. [...]