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Market Conversations with a Co-Worker
“Have you Seen the Market Today?” … That’s how my co-worker started a pretty simple conversion about a week ago. She knew I was a personal finance blogger (I didn’t tell her which one), so it was a completely reasonable question. Yet, I froze like a deer in headlights. I remember thinking, “I should have [...]
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Alternative Income Streams – March 2009
Another month is over and it’s time to go back and look at how I did with my alternative income in February. The quick answer is that I made $2767.41 after taxes. That’s a nice gain from previous months. Like each month, some income disappeared and some new reappeared. I’m starting to wonder if it’s [...]
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Getting Ready to Buy Some Stock
Wednesday my wife said, “You know we have a lot of cash sitting around, we should start to invest it while everything is cheap.” It’s amazing how I can write about this stuff everyday, while she spends about 4 minutes a year on it, and we both come to the same conclusion. Then Thursday happens [...]
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Jim Cramer: Sell Your Stocks
While watching the Today Show this morning I was very surprised by Jim Cramer’s words. He said it is time to get out of the stock market (note: huge caveat follows). Economists almost always say to stay the course and not to panic. Plus we know that when the market is down, you can buy [...]
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A Brief Net Worth Update
For the past couple of years, I’ve been keeping track of my net worth and posting about gains and losses. I’ve started to realize that it’s typically a very boring post. I don’t know if readers really get too much value in reading that I’ve lost $800 due to stock market fluctuations. As such, I [...]
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State of the Economy
Most days, I try to avoid watching CNBC. I’m weird in that I often find it entertaining. I avoid it because I often get the feeling that I’ll be able to time the stock market. Yesterday, I couldn’t resist temptation and I flipped on CNBC for a few minutes. The Price of Oil The price [...]
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Net Worth Update – April 2008
It’s the middle of the month, so it’s a time to reflect on my net worth. I’ve been very happy to break even lately as I focus on making my businesses grow – while trying to slow down from the rat race. April came as a very pleasant surprise – the stock market rebound had [...]
