Top Twenty Feeds Download Page – Free Downloads!

What are the top make money bloggers doing to make those multi-thousand dollar incomes? What is John Chow doing? How does Shoemoney earn those ‘big’ royalty checks? Why is Zac Johnson coining it? How does the Dividend Guy get those dividend checks?

This download is a simple OPML file that I have collected and edited. It’s only 20 bloggers but among them you’ll find affiliate marketers, investors, bloggers, frugal bloggers, and many more all of whom are EARNING real money online.

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Simply download the OPML file as is, open Google Reader, ThunderBird Reader, Opera or any quality Feed Reader software or website, and upload. Voila! In a few minutes, you’ll be reading the wisdom of 20 quality bloggers, all for free. What’s more, you might even make some money, too!?

There’s no upsell on this page, just one decent download for you free!

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List of Top 20 Feeds

I’m always looking at adding or supplementing this list with the best ‘money making blogs’ and to that end, I’ve added two new blogs that I have found to be quite focused, quality driven and interesting.

The Complete List of Subscribed Blogs

If you want to know what criteria I’m using, it’s really quite simple: quality writing, regular updates (at least once a week – that’s not an average), and a writer with an entrepreneurial spirit. So this is what I’m currently recommending as my own personal reading! Enjoy…

  1. AdesBlog.com (feed)
  2. AndyBeard.eu (feed)
  3. BluePrint for Financial Prosperity (feed)
  4. Caroline MiddleBrook (feed)
  5. Consumerism Commentary (feed)
  6. Dosh Dosh (feed)
  7. *Genius Types (feed)
  8. I Will Teach You To Be Rich (feed)
  9. InvestorBlogger (feed)
  10. John Cow (feed)
  11. John Chow (feed)
  12. Make Money Online with a 13-Year Old (feed)
  13. ProBlogger Blog Tips (feed)
  14. Super Affiliate Secrets (feed)
  15. The Simple Dollar (feed)
  16. Timothy Sykes – Stock Trader (feed)
  17. Tyler Cruz An Internet Entrepreneur (feed)
  18. Shoemoney – Skills To Pay The Bills (feed)
  19. The Dividend Guy Blog (feed)
  20. KCLau (feed)

This page will keep a record of my download and the current feeds that are in it. In edition 1.1 that is currently available for download you can find 20 feeds for downloading in the file.

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These are my picks for the current season, I’ll be updating this list as time, information, and good writing permit! Please feel free to drop me recommendations for inclusion, I’ll certainly take a look at them. Future lists will just include the updates, not the entire list!

Former Feeds

I’d like to thank the owners for these blogs for allowing me to include them in my original list.

Please feel free to drop me recommendations for inclusion, I’ll certainly take a look at them. You can comment them below or drop me an email.

Thanks,

Kenneth

(update: This page was last updated on Fri, 9 August 2008 16:29:04 GMT)

Stock Brokers: Which online brokers can YOU use?

There’re a lot of good sources of information on brokers for those who live (‘reside’) in the UK or US. But what about those of us who “don’t qualify”?

Are you NOT a US Resident? Oops, I’m sorry… We can’t help you.

Look no further. I’ve done a little research from the SmartMoney’s Annual Broker Survey, and not surprisingly they are listing a number of well known companies, newcomers and upcomers… But the list is ABSOLUTELY NO USE, if you are not a Resident of the United States nor a citizen.

I won’t go into why this is silly, but suffice to say, the lower the price of trades, the less likely the broker will accept international clients, like you and me. At least that was the rule, now it’s not so clearcut.

From the original 16 listed brokers, I’m making my own list of InvestorBlogger’s Short List of Brokers who accept International Clients (i.e. non-resident, non-U.S. citizen investors who would like to trade the U.S. markets).

  • 1. ETrade: One of the first brokers I applied, too. They approved my application, but the service wasn’t great then. It should be now.
  • 2. TDAmeritrade: Where my current brokers’ account is held. Fast, lots of resources. Service is available, but somehow distant.
  • 3. Charles Schwab: Did consider them, but they have quiet higher initial requirements, or at least did. You do have to register through their one of their international sites, not from the US site.

Other Serious Contenders included,

  • 4. FirstTrade also offers International clients trading services.
  • 5. OptionsXpress would allow me to register and fund an account, which was a surprise. They have branches in different countries, including Singapore
  • 6. Interactive Brokers allowed me to register, but I never completed the applications. I should have. The service allows you to trade many markets, not just the US.

7. Sogotrade, Zecco, Banc of America, all had slightly fussy processes or requirements but at least welcomed international investors.

One of the problems was finding the information. Often sites would require you to hand over your email address without stating clearly that you would be able to then register for an account. Other sites had the information hidden away in Help files or FAQs. Still others didn’t say openly that they accepted international investors, or directed me to ‘international sites’ which wasn’t helpful, (yes, you, Fidelity!).

I would strongly suggest that you read through the websites to find the best deals, the markets you want to trade, though the application requirements for most accounts are pretty similar:

  • 1. passport copy;
  • 2. proof of address;
  • 3. an application form;
  • 4. a W-8BEN form (for the IRS); and
  • 5. minimum account funding (at least!)

Once you register, you won’t have access to the full-range of US products, either such as IRAs or other accounts/services because of legal restrictions. But if you are in a country with a tax-treaty arrangement with the US, this may not be an issue!

Disclaimer: I’m a satisfied customer of TDAmeritrade, but there are no affiliate links in this post.