I jumped on an American Eagle discount – both Gold and Silver eagles were on sale. I purchased 3 1 oz Silver Eagle coins for $16.75 each, and 1 1/10 oz Gold Eagle coin for $97. The spot price of silver is in the mid $19 range right now, so I got a great discount [...]
Two weeks ago in church, the pastor was speaking on finances. You might be thinking – what does a pastor know about finances? Often times, quite a bit more than you might think. After all, pastors aren’t known for bringing home big paychecks. And they do counsel many of the people in their church – [...]
The greatest investor of our age, Warren Buffet, once said “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”. The second half of the phrase is the one I want you to take to heart today. Lately all you keep hearing is how bad the stock market is doing, and how bad [...]
Fair enough, I’m a few days late in getting this post to market. But here are the most popular posts at Llama Money for the month of February: 9 Financial Pillars for the Smart Llama How To : Become a Billionaire My Journey Through Financial Ruin Make your money work for you 6 Myths about [...]
I just read this post about gold’s run, and I have to say I’m still in awe. Gold, though unable to do anything or create money, is on an amazing run. $986.70 for a single ounce of the shiny yellow stuff – wow. Even though it’s come so far, I think we’re still quite a [...]
If you’ve been lazy and haven’t quite gotten around to doing your taxes yet, don’t worry, there’s still time. If you do your taxes today, your refund will probably show up in your bank account in about 2 – 3 weeks. That’s not really so long to wait, now is it? The folks at H&R [...]
The funding for my Zecco account showed up today – just 2 business days after I initiated the transfer, so not bad. The transfer was for a total of $2,800 – the amount I have earmarked for stock purchases right now. My wife and I decided on a basic strategy – half of the money [...]
I received a surprise on Feb 29 – my tax refund showed up in my bank account! I actually got part of my tax refund about 2 weeks prior. Two parts to a tax refund – what is this guy talking about? Well let me explain. Since I run a small business part time, I [...]
