I got my W-2 form today, as my company usually sends it a bit early. Now, I have friends that blow me out of the water, but I definitely make a decent salary at my current job – at least compared to the averages for people my age. Looking over my W-2 gave me a … Read more
Net Change: +$3,944.14 Net Cashflow: +$825.46 Investment Performance: +$3,188.68 October 2010 S&P Performance: +5.2% Dining Out Spend: $ (313.79) This month, I barely noticed that the new year had come around, mainly because I had my head buried in essays and business school application forms. But when it was all said and done, I hit … Read more
I recently came across the above chart from Clusterstock’s Chart of the Day. It shows the education “market†versus the rest of the market, during a period where we went through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The question proposed by this chart is same one that was asked about real estate many … Read more
Net Change: +$5,485.64 Net Cashflow: +$2,571.20 Investment Performance: +$2,914.44 July 2010 S&P Performance: +6.9% Food Spend Monthly Improvement: $ (52.36) Dining Out: $ (308.03) Groceries: $ (217.55) What a difference one month makes. Now the market is my best friend. ;) My Net Worth Goal (+$25K this year) would be easy to reach if I … Read more
Before I made the switch over from Money to Quicken, I had heard a number of horror stories about people who had already gone through the process. Everything from computer crashes and forced reboots to complete file corruption and loss of data. You always have to take all of these with a grain of salt … Read more
Well, I probably wouldn’t be posting this if I didn’t have compelling evidence that he was a hypocrite. I listen to Dave Ramsey’s show very often and I think he has pretty sound recommendations. The problem with I have with him is the same I have with many personal finance experts and bloggers out there … Read more
CNN Money recently had an article titled “21 Best Money Tips Ever,” showing money tips from various well known pundits. They included staples from the personal finance and investing world, with sage advice from both Jack Bogle and Warren Buffet. After going through all the words of wisdom, my favorite came from Mark Cuban: “Unless … Read more
The answer to this question for most people is undoubtedly YES, regardless of what medical expenses you expect to incur in the upcoming year. If your health insurance plan offers a Flex Spending Account, or FSA, in addition to your regular health insurance, it’s almost always wise to opt in. An FSA allows you to … Read more
Net Change: +$1,673.29 Investment Performance: +$277.14 Net Cashflow: +$1,396.15 Dining Out: $ (356.56) Groceries: $ (252.37) A good month overall, but as I write this, I already know that most of these gains have been wiped out by May’s poor investment performance. This week the Dow dropped 1,000 points before recovering and ended the week … Read more
44% of the currently unemployed have been out of work for 6 months or more. Source: CNNMoney.com It’s been almost a year since I was unemployed and collecting checks from the government. The market was near its trough, my health was failing, and my insurance was running out, but based on these numbers, it seems … Read more