Category: Insurance

Hanks Weekly Hangouts #18 (February 23, 2008)

Stumbling the blogosphere this week landed me on a lot of new sites. A lot of them themed around travel. I haven’t planned anything for this year yet, but last year landed me in the “land down under.” Where I will land this year is a mystery for now; for me, my wife, and the [...]

Weekly Roundup #10 (December 30, 2007)

Photo by: spacepleb It’s finally the end of 2007, where did it go? How did your finances do this year?1. AllFinancialMatters let us know how to rebalance a portfolio come end of year. I don’t have those assets there, but the idea of rebalancing index at end of year makes perfect “cents”. 2. MoneySmartLife shows [...]

Weekly Roundup #6 (December 1, 2007)

Weekly Roundup #6 (December 1, 2007)

 Where o’ where did I stumble through this week?  It’s snowy ’round here in the mountains, get prepared for winter! – Who needs gift cards this year? Well, not your co-workers, give them a little something different says IWillBeRich. – StealthWealth decided to let go some of the position he held before the end of [...]

Net worth update December 1, 2007 (+5.16%)

Net worth update December 1, 2007 (+5.16%)

Sorry this is a few days late – my Life Insurance statement hadn’t come in the mail yet; yes, the mail.  This is another reason I’m going to dump it.  I like to have everything online at my fingertips and I can’t see this account online yet. So tt wasn’t too bad of a month across [...]

Net Worth Update May 9, 2008 [$120,697.64 (+3.55%)]

Net Worth Update May 9, 2008 [$120,697.64 (+3.55%)]

We’re looking up again this month – looks like the mutual funds are coming back a little bit this month. Both the wife and I had good 401k returns this month. The house dropped a bit, but that’s to be expected, but overall we’re looking up again.

Weekly Roundup #13 (January 19, 2008)

Weekly Roundup #13 (January 19, 2008)

Photo by: matangueroThis week I found myself fighting back the elusive CPU quota exceeded errors I was getting from Bluehost.com because I was getting a lot of hits from the Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance and “Why is it taboo to talk salary?” posts I tossed out this week. I like it because of the [...]

Hanks Weekly Hangouts #20 (March 8, 2008)

This week had a lot of ups and downs. CNN posted a pretty sweet article on timing what Uncle Sam gets but Brett Favre hung up his cleats also. The weather was sunny in the Pacific northwest for the first time since the rain started back in May, so that’s a good thing…

Weekly Roundup #14 (January 26, 2008)

Photo by: meyshanworldThis week wasn’t so great – the stock market was down, so investments were down, and on top of it someone broke into my car and stole my stereo, DVD/TV setup all while tearing up the inside of my car. Ugh, that’ll hit the ol’ expense book and will hinder the 4k I [...]

Hanks Weekly Hangouts #27 (April 27, 2008)

The week had some good posts that saw some good traffic including demystifying the subprime crisis, dumping the National Income tax for a National Sale tax, and the “selling” of annuities trap. The sites that really got me inspired this week are:

December 1, 2007 balance sheet with new format…

December 1, 2007 balance sheet with new format…

Only 9 days 2 hours 54 minutes left until Hanks Holiday Handout drawing! Looks like we’re down on a few categories since October… …including income. But this is a new format starting this month. I was able to get ahold of my payments and statements back until May, but that is the same time I [...]