There's a truism - or maybe just widely held opinion - that it's better to have "going to" goals rather than "away from" goals. I think that's definitely the case when it comes to people interested in early retirement. When I first throttled back from working two jobs with occasional 16 hour days a few years ...
Category Archives: investing
Whee! There’s nothing I love more than a good sale!
We told you last year that very unusual conditions then existed in the corporate and municipal bond markets and that these securities were ridiculously cheap relative to U.S. Treasuries. We backed this view with some purchases, but I should have done far more. Big opportunities come infrequently. When it’s raining gold, ...
But I don’t like roller coasters! I like carousels.
What I feared has come upon me... ~ Job (JOB. Coincidence? I think not.) Target bal Current/ Portfolio Gain/(loss) ...
What if higher ed was like Shark Tank…
I've had a terrible cold this week. So I took the day afternoon off on Friday originally intending to enjoy the long weekend but spending it in bed instead with my Blackberry Playbook (have to support the RIMM stock), Shark Tank, Dragon's Den and Risky Business... and a roll of Cottonelle ...
Stuff I read this week
Best site for looking and drooling at other people's renovation projects: thsgardenweb Lots of investing tools can be found here: Drip Investing Allocation for dividend growth investors over at Seeking Alpha. The British Psychology Society's article on Thinking about our hourly wage stops us from smelling the roses. The College Payoff - in depth ...
Oops, almost forgot about Father’s Day
I tried calling my dad on Father's Day Sunday. (I'm not senile, I'm just not working and lost track of what day... or week it is...) After trying a few times and getting no answer, I called my sister who informed me that he isn't home because he's out helping my brother on his farm. ...
Investing for chicks
First off, let me say straight up that I'm not really interested in investing, despite planning on becoming more investment savvy earlier this year (which I have) and spending more time on it (which I haven't). Considering that I'm one of those people that used to write the annual reports that you all read and submitted ...