Archive for November, 2007

Pulling The Trigger And Letting Go

Over the past few weeks I’ve felt like I need to liquidate some of my holdings and have some more cash for now.  I’ve struggled trying to figure which of company I wanted to pull the trigger on and let go.

Middleby - this was my largest gainer… well only gainer with over 22% gain in […]

Financial Checklist for Your 20’s

Here is a financial checklist I found by Kiplinger.com I thought you might find helpful. Most are common sense, but it’s always good to be reminded of things.
1) Identify Your Goals
2) Get out of Debt
-Pay off everything by the time your 30
3) Prepare for an emergency
-Get auto, health, life, and homeowners insurance
-Have a cash […]

Ten Tips for Shopping and Banking Online

 
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Sharebuilder bought out by ING Direct

Monday I got an e-mail from Sharebuilder telling me that they were bought out by ING Direct. I don’t think its a bad thing as long as things don’t change because I haven’t had a problem with Sharebuilder so far in the over 2 years I’ve been with them. I actually hope that […]

Tipping for the Holidays

When I first started this blog I did a post on tipping and how out of hand it has become in todays society. Unfortunately I accidently deleted that post when making changes to my blog during the summer. So I’ll restate some of my feelings on tipping again with a video on tipping […]

Christmas Bonus Time

Today I received my paycheck a week early along with a $750 Christmas bonus (more like $500 after taxes were taken out).  It’s good to get the money early for shopping, but now I don’t get paid for 3 weeks.  It’s just psychological because I’m getting next weeks paycheck early, but 3 weeks seems like […]

Monthly Update: October 2007

In October I started having to pay some on my hospital bills. I know most of you are tired of hearing me talk about my hospital bills so I won’t mention them too much. Net Income for the month was $1,044.94, this number is somewhat inflated due to the fact that I only […]