Bryan C. Fleming

Can you believe we’re 28 weeks into the New Year already?  Let’s see where everyone stands:

Bronze Savers: $700 (saving $25/wk)
Silver Savers:  $1,400 (saving $50/wk)
Gold Savers: $2,800 (saving $100/wk)

How much have you saved?  Are you a bronze, silver or Gold Money Saver?  Not sure what this all means?  You read my post where I talk about it.  Or Start from the beginning with just $1.

As most of you know I’m a silver level saver.  I recently got a pay raise at my job so I’ll be moving up to a gold saver in the next week or so.  It’s about time and I’ll write about it soon.

Today I want to talk about your ING direct Online Savings Account.  You know a lot of people are asking me where you can get 6% on your savings account.  I’ve seen ads for this, but they always say “$25,000 minimum” or something crazy like that.  So my answer is yes and no.  Let me explain. (more…)

After I wrote last time, I decided to sell my shares of IVV (a simple S&P500 Index fund). I logged into my Zecco account and was horrified at what I saw.

According to Zecco I still had $500 cash in the account.  What? Cash? Apparently I never owned my hot stock: IVV.  I contacted their customer support and here’s what they said:

Thank you for contacting Zecco Trading. Our records indicate that your buy limit order was expired and therefore, it was cancelled. Please note that when you place a buy limit order (good for the day), if it is not filled or cancelled during the market hours, it will be expired when the market is closed
Hope this has been helpful. Should you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us again.
Thank you for your interest in Zecco Trading.
Sincerely,
An T.

So what’s the lesson: “Don’t place your order 5 minutes before the market closes I suppose”.