Stocks For Your Kids Series: How to Choose Year 1 Update Year 2 Update Year 3 Update Dear Son, It’s time to look at your stocks again! These are interesting times at our house as you turned 8. Due to my recent job loss there is probably more uncertainty and stress than you have become accustomed to …
Stocks For Your Kids Series: How to Choose Year 1 Update Year 2 Update Dear Son, Well, it’s just a few days past your 7th birthday and it seems we’re buried in Chima LEGO’s over here. What strides you’ve made this year in math and reading. The other day you even asked me if you could take …
Dear Son, Happy birthday! On Sunday you turned 6 years old. What a joy it's been to watch you grow over the past year. It's hard to believe you're almost done with kindergarten. You're really starting to understand the value of money. I love watching you check the coin returns for leftover change wherever …
Back in August 2011, I went on a buying spree of sorts when the market was tanking. I had a lot of cash burning a hole in my pocket, and I went $PENDING! I also promised to re-visit that post in 6 months time. Well, here we are 6 months later. During those 6 …
Today, I'm probably going to buy nothing except Sour Patch Kids Extreme. Did you know you could buy these in bulk on Amazon? They are fan-fucking-tastic. I could eat these forever. But, perhaps you were thinking more along the lines of investing since that's what this blog is about? 🙂 I understand. Well, it's looking …
Dear son, Happy anniversary. Today your ShareBuilder.com account is roughly 1 year old, and in a few days you will be 5 years old. We're just getting started on your path to financial freedom. I can't wait for the day when you and I can sit down and talk about this together (i.e. bore you …
I bought some more GE today for $15/share in my Roth IRA. I can’t believe the prices on some of these companies. It’s definitely a case of throwing the baby out with the bath water. And the dividend yields are incredible. Granted you have to make sure you’re buying into companies that have a history …
