I’ve started compiling my net worth report early this month,for a change. Quite frankly, I’m disappointed in myself for making several large purchases in the same month. Normally I’m pretty good at spreading large purchases out over time, so they don’t hit quite as hard. Not this time around. I made two major purchases in [...]
Fans of good old fashion US Gold bullion will be disappointed by this – the US Mint has cancelled the 2009 American Gold Buffalo series of bullion coins. For those who aren’t familiar, the Gold Buffalo is the only 24k gold bullion coin offered by the US Mint. Most folks who buy US gold go [...]
Investing is a core item in the world of personal finance. Without growing your wealth, any hopes of retiring are pretty much shot. Normally when you think of investing, you think of stocks, mutual funds, bonds, 401(k)’s, Roth IRA’s, etc. That sort of thing – investing in companies. Often we invest in companies that we [...]
The first major purchase after a new computer is usually a suite of programs that we’ve all been using for years – Microsoft Office. You know, the suite that includes Word, Excel, and Outlook. Depending on what version you currently have, and what version you buy, this can run you anywhere from about $130 to [...]
Welcome to the June 17, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. Though AT&T has absolutely nothing to do with the carnival this week, I thought it important to mention their supreme suckiness in the title. My biggest complaint? The iPhone 3.0 update came out, with the long awaiting MMS capability baked right in. [...]
If you’re self employed, or receive any sort of self-employment type income, then Q2 estimated federal taxes are due today. Yes, it’s quite odd, when you consider that the second quarter ends June 30th – but this is the federal government we’re talking about here. Logic need not be applied in many cases, including this [...]
For years, I’ve used various versions of Microsoft Money to keep track of my finances. I never really gave Quicken much of a chance – so I have no idea if it was a better product or not. The point is pretty much moot now – Microsoft has announced that they are axing the Money [...]
This past Saturday I made an investment. The stock market was closed, so there’s no undervalued or high dividend paying security to talk about. No, I made an entirely different kind of investment. Calling it an investment may even be a stretch, as it isn’t likely to appreciate in value, or give off any cash [...]
Looking at my picture here ( click for a full-size view ), I’m bad at Paint.net. But we’ll ignore my artistic inability to focus on the fact that my net worth is the highest that it’s ever been. That’s right, EVER. With an increase of $2829, or 6% over last month, my net worth stands [...]
You can’t turn on the news, or fire up your computer without hearing /seeing the latest headlines about what the US government is over-spending on next. Whether it’s the debacle in Iraq, Wall Street bailouts, Detroit bailouts, or some other such nonsense, there’s no denying that our government spending is absolutely out of control. Not [...]
