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The obligatory “Is your house an asset or a liability” post

Hey, looks like you’re new here! I blog about money. Saving, investing, insuring, getting, and using it! See my “about me” page for more info! To keep up to date, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get the blog in your email! Thanks for stopping by!Where to […]

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My early follies in the get rich quick schemes -

Like everyone reading or writing personal finance blogs, I’ve made my fair share of investing mistakes, specifically get-rich-quick schemes. Clearly we all want to make a fast buck when we’re young, that’s all we see on TV! But it is something really you have to fall for at least once (or 4 times […]

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China has 106 Billionaires - interesting or frustrating?

So I just got done reading this yahoo article and I can’t decide whether it’s more interesting or frustrating. I know that millionaires happen overnight anymore, but when you see the dollar shrinking, inflation rising, and I’m fighting to get 15-20% on my investments per year I feel it fits more in the “frustrating” […]

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New October 2007 Net Worth Balance Sheet

So I refined the ol’ net worth to better reflect and build on my other investments - I think I have a pretty good handle on it now, and I can relate this spreadsheet far better in the weeks, months and years to come. It is really amazing that as bad as the initial -420k […]

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Where did you learn to invest?

So where did I learn to invest?  Nowhere in particular.  A lot of Personal finance blog reading, random quips across the internet.  A bit through my financial advisor; Edward Jones, which I have had about 12 different reps there in 8 years.  High turnover apparently - So I also recently finished up “Rich Dad Poor […]

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Is Investing in Life Insurance really “investing”?

I have a $500,000 whole life insurance policy with Hartford Mutual that I pay $200/month to keep up. $8.50 goes to the administrative fee, $100 for the actual coverage itself and the remaining $90.00 goes into the mutual fund. I’ve had it for about 4 years now and I have almost $8,000 in the mutual […]

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Baby Boomer without a retirement portfolio -

My mother, bless her heart, has “some” idea of how investing works. She has a basic idea of how compound interest works, but has no $ to put to it. She makes a small income enough to make ends meet at the end of each month. She knows that she SHOULD invest, but doesn’t know […]

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Where my funds are -

So almost 1 year ago I got out of the small, cramped, stuffy condo I was living in with my wife, 2 kids, dog, cat, and ex-fish. The housing market here was good, I got away with about 50k more (after taxes) than I paid a year prior with it. I know, I know, capital […]

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