FrugalJim

I have added a new page to the blog to enable me to track my current equities holdings. It should be a good way to get a quick snapshot of what I am currently invested in.

Check it out here.

Also, I’m still working on getting my Zecco account. It looks like they’ve finally fixed the page for funding your account, but the transaction I started last week isn’t showing up. When I try to start over, I get an error telling me that I already have a transaction pending for that account. It also tells me to check back later, so I think I’ll follow their advice.

This does put a damper on my wish to invest in VMWare. I guess I’ll just have to wait until the Zecco account it ready, because it certainly wouldn’t be frugal of me to continue paying $13 to trade.

I calculated that if each of my stock transactions are for around $1,000, then I’ll have to earn an average of 2.6% just to break even. (One trade to buy plus one trade to sell = $26. 26/1000 = 2.6%).  That’s a huge return to just break even.  I’ll just sit around and wait for now.