My house is on the market. Yes, in this terrible real estate market, I am trying to move. We’ve actually been on the market since late January. We’ve done this before, but never during such a rough market (and never with a toddler). I do not envy my wife as she tries to keep our …
If Only It Was This Fun to Actually Clean the House! Read More »
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been sitting on the sidelines as this market seems to go from bad to worse. Well, today I got off the sideline and took a nibble. I added 20 shares of VWO at $97 to my Roth IRA. The coming weeks….err months…..I mean years….oh I mean …
I know I said I’d be back with a Prosper update in about a month once I received enough in payments to fund a new loan. Well, here I am 11 days later with enough cash to bid again thanks to some of my debtors paying down large chunks of their loan early (including an …
Mint.com which is already user-friendly but somewhat limited in scope is now partnering with the Motley Fool. This will surely boost Mint's user base given the multitude of loyal Fools. Good for them. I still prefer Yodlee for its comprehensiveness, and most know by now that Mint actually uses the Yodlee platform. I'm afraid Yodlee …
First let me describe what a bridge account is, and then I’ll go into how I’m gaming it. In mid 2007, my credit union began to offer what they call a bridge account. The account is set up with the intent of convincing the novice or reluctant investor to enter the stock market. What happens …
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I quit my job. I handed in my resignation last Friday. My last day is 4/18. I have a really good job. I respect and admire my colleagues. There’s upward mobility. I make more money than I want to spend, and the hours are more than reasonable for an MBA job. I don’t have a …
