Entries for September, 2008

Carnival of Net Worth #8

Welcome to the September 10, 2008 edition of the carnival of net worth.  This is a short edition, because I had to weed out many, many unrelated submissions.  The Carnival of Net Worth is flexibile – any post even slightly related to net worth can be included – I’m not a hardass about it.  But [...]

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Should the US have Socialized Medicine?

Many developed countries around the world have socialized medicine – also known as universal healthcare.  Rather than paying for health insurance, the government is in charge of all the hospitals.  Everyone can get the healthcare that they need, whether they have money or not.  Our Canadians neighbors, and British friends are two well-known examples of [...]

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Down down down

That’s how things look in the Llamafolio world.  BAC – Way down ( 18% since my purchase ).  COP down 12%.  Coke and Pfizer down 12% each.  The only bright spot left is VDSI, which is hanging on to a 14% gain. I did receive two dividend payments, though.  $3.29 from COP, and a healthy [...]

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Carnival of Net Worth #7

Welcome to the September 3, 2008 edition of the carnival of net worth.  I know it’s been awhile since the last edition.  I’ll try to keep things on a regular once per week schedule again.  Here are this editions best submissions: John Crickett presents Sell To Rent posted at Find Financial Freedom, saying, “A critique [...]

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August 2008 Net Worth Report – $46111 +12%

Another month passes, and it’s time to update my net worth progress.  August was a tough month to be sure, but had some great positives.  For one, my wife and I have decided that she will stop working full-time in the near future, and eventually return to school.  Financially ( short term ) that’s an [...]

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