Archive for March, 2008
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Net Worth Update - March 2008
With the middle of the month comes the update to my net worth. Last month, I was very happy to break even. This month that would have been a pipe dream. With the stock market dropping, my retirement accounts nearly dropped to less than $100,000 in value. In total, my net [...]
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Bear Sterns Sold For $2 a Share? Fed Drops Interest Rate…
It looks like JP Morgan is going to buy Bear Sterns for $235 Million dollars. I put the question mark above because I can’t it would drop that much - Bear Sterns closed on Friday at $30 a share. It seems that JP Morgan is getting Bear Sterns at more than 90% off. [...]
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Weekend Links - Baseball Season Soon Edition
Baseball can’t get started soon enough for me. My interest in baseball grows with the lengthening of the day. It literally brightens my day and injects me with fresh motivation to get things done. While I work on those things here are some links.
I encourage tenants and landlords out there to take [...]
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Lazy Man on Location: San Diego
I decided to take the show on the road to San Diego for the week. I’ve heard San Diego is German for a whale’s… well let’s say that it doesn’t sound right ;-). I’ve never been here and I’m sure the week will fly by. It’s been great fun thus far - [...]
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Am I officially cheap?
Personal finance writers often make a distinction between frugal and cheap. I’ve read two great definitions of each:
I Will Teach You To Be Rich: Cheap people care about the cost of something. Frugal people care about the value of something.
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