Getting Ahead for the Little Guy
I’ve been gradually scaling out my positions in my two trading accounts preparing for a pullback, which means I didn’t get to take much advantage of today’s upwards surge. Durn it.
Fortunately, I still had enough committed in my IRA to do well. I’m up about 12% for the *month* in my IRA – which sounds [...]
Since the point of this blog (it has a point?) is to talk about ways of getting a little richer today (each today), I thought I’d post what I’ve done this week to get a little richer each day:
* Put money away into the “Financial Freedom Fund.” Put a little every day (and a lot [...]
I’ve been participating in the Lending Club since the middle of February. So far, I’ve had the following results:
I received a $25 “bonus” for signing up. I put an extra $125 into the pot, and I’ve had six loans on that initial investment (plus one currently pending).
Five of the initial loans are still active.
I have [...]
After seeing this article about how the taxpayers are unlikely to recoup our forced investment in GM and Chrysler, it makes me think.
Ever notice how it is the government that benevolently throws money around to “help,” yet it is the taxpayers who end up taking the losses?
A friend of mine was telling me a few months ago about how he wasn’t going to invest another dime until he was out of debt. With mounting debts, he explained to me, getting rid of 15% interest in payments was the best investment he could make.
With the recession and all clobbering everybody’s 401ks, it [...]
Okay, I feel stupid for taking so long to figure this all out, but… in my defense, I’m a computer geek, and not much of a car person.
The guys at Checker Auto Parts have a system to read your cars’ chip and tell you why your engine light is on. They can’t plug it in [...]