Photo by: Aaron WagnerSo I made it through my own personal conspiracy theory this week; got a few inches closer to whipping up the new blog design from Jon @ freelancefolder.com and found myself pleasantly surprised to see my weekly subscriber base climb significantly. I’d have to say it was a good week for me. [...]
As odd as it is, housing is dropping like a rock, but my house has actually done very well since last month. The 35.68% rise in my net worth is due 100% to my house value going up on all six sites I check to calculate that facet of my net worth. I have half [...]
Photo by: sleestak66Storms hammered the Pacific Northwest again this week and the US government passed the stimulus plan to brighten everyones day – are you getting any $$$ from it? The reads that caught my eye this week were: 1. MightyBargainHunter reflected on SuperBowl ads – 2. MoneyNing lets us know how to give away [...]
Photo by: Eric HernandezI am trying to fill my 2007 allotment of ROTH contributions here before the end of the year. I’m sticking with SWEGX for now – it is down, but everything is down for now. Like I wrote before, I have already put in 2k to my ROTH with Edward Jones which I [...]
Photo by: LittleGoldWomanI crafted up a list of high yield MMA and Savings accounts back in December showing the rates of the best MMA/Savings accounts out there and I chose UFB Direct as my Emergency Fund of choice. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately) they haven’t even received my initial test payment of $0.14 that I sent [...]
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 [...]
Photo by: goetterI know, I know, you’re asking, “Hank, how does this type of post fit in your blogging niche of personal finance?” Well, quite frankly, I’ve stumbled across and had a few of these ideas myself to improve parts of my blog, but I haven’t posted (except this one) about them. I want to [...]
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 [...]
Photo by: goisraelgermanySo in stumbling my way across news articles tonight, I found myself very intrigued as to why there were so many “Best Mutual Funds of 2007″ available online (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). It’s pretty simple really; marketing. Who WOULDN’T tout that they were the best mutual fund based on this, based on [...]
Welcome to 2008 – hope the new year treated you all well. I’m working on a project to revamp the site with Jon Phillips and should have at least a rough draft here in the next few weeks. I like this design, but he’s let me know there are a handful of things that need [...]
