2009 January

Archive for January, 2009

How much do you have in your emergency fund?

By Stealthy at 26 January, 2009, 8:13 pm

I know most financial “guru’s” tell you to have 3-6 months income put into an emergency fund, but I’m wondering how much people actually have put away.  This number will definitely vary based on how conservative a person is with their finances.  I’m a pretty conservative guy.  Not as conservative as my wife, who wants […]

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Mechel OAO (MTL), buying deal because of the value!

By Stealthy at 21 January, 2009, 12:16 am

One of the companies that I have had my eye on dropped over 21% today.  This company has dropped from a high of almost $60 a share down to $2.57 a share today.  There is a billion ruble lawsuit against the company, but that only translates to about $30.3 million american dollars.  Unless I’m missing […]

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Cash for stock investments

By Stealthy at 17 January, 2009, 11:51 am

I’m trying to find so cash to invest in dividend stocks to start building a dividend portfolio.  Now is a great time to buy in to solid companies.   One of my goals right now is to build our family’s online savings account to $10k, we’re only at about $6.5k, right now.  After completing that task, […]

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November 2008 Financial Highlights

By Stealthy at 10 January, 2009, 3:54 pm

 November 2008 compared to November 2007, profit margin dropped from 45.18% to 6.17%.  While 6.17% is still positive, my goal is 15% to 20% profit margin.  This would be how much money I have after all expenses are paid.
Revenue increased 16.40% during the past 12 months.  We’ve been trying to build a stronger cash position […]

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November 2008 Financial Status

By Stealthy at 10 January, 2009, 3:27 pm

Below is my income statement & balance sheet for November 2008.  I’m a little late at getting it out but it’s out.  With this being the first time in months that I’ve tracked my finances I really don’t have much to compare them to at the moment.
Income for November was $1,730.50.  Misc. Income was from […]

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