Today: May 18, 2012

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results

In auctions closed from April 2, 2012 to April 6, 2012, investors purchasing municipal bonds in the auctions received average tax-exempt yields 0.85 percentage points, or 85 basis points, higher than similar bonds. Read More

Schwab daughter: Financial literacy starts at home

Growing up with a financial services icon for a father surely gave Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz an inside advantage in learning about money. After all, she got to constantly “talk to Chuck,” as the long-time advertising slogan for Charles Schwab & Co. urges. The real Chuck, Charles R. Schwab: company founder and chairman, pioneer in the discount brokerage business, and Dad. Read More

Monday Cartoon

Monday Cartoon

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Zions Direct Announces FDIC-Insured CD Auction Results

In auctions closed from March 28, 2012 to April 3, 2012, investors purchasing FDIC-insured CDs in the auctions received average yields 0.52 percentage points, or 52 basis points, higher than average yields on similar CDs. Read More

Making car payment takes priority, study finds

The recession and its hangover may have turned bill-paying habits upside down. Cash-strapped Americans are paying off their car loans before they pay credit card bills and make mortgage payments, a study finds. Read More

Editor’s Choice

Editor's Choice

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Zions Direct Announces Corporate Bond Auction Results

In auctions closed from March 26, 2012 to March 30, 2012, investors purchasing corporate bonds in the auctions received average taxable yields 0.45 percentage points, or 45 basis points, higher than comparable bonds. Read More

Auctions: Navigation & Layout

Are you interested in learning how to use Zions Direct’s innovative auction platform to help determine the yields and prices of the securities you purchase? Find out how to navigate the online auction process as a bidder in this brief, step-by-step tutorial from Zions Direct. Read More

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results

In auctions closed from March 26, 2012 to March 30, 2012, investors purchasing municipal bonds in the auctions received average tax-exempt yields 0.66 percentage points, or 66 basis points, higher than similar bonds. Read More

Zions Bancorporation Announces Redemption of $700 million of Series D Preferred Stock (TARP)

SALT LAKE CITY, March 28, 2012 – Zions Bancorporation redeemed $700 million, or 50%, of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program. Read More

Zions Direct Enters the App World

Smartphone and tablet users now have two new applications to add to their libraries – from Zions Direct. Now available from Apple’s App Store, Zions Direct’s Auctions application gives auction participants the ability to explore and participate in security auctions on the go. Read More

Monday Cartoon

Monday Cartoon

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It’s OK to get a tax refund if you don’t blow it

Getting a big tax refund is supposed to make you feel guilty. Financial planners say it means you’ve had too much withheld from your paychecks. You let the government keep your money and failed to collect interest for all those months. Read More