I recently had the pleasure of attending the Brooklyn Academy of Musics’ (BAM) Charity Art Auction. They were kind enough to supply me with lots and lots of their delicious Bamboozle Ale made specially for them by the Brooklyn Brewery and I found that it was very helpful in making my first steps into the […]
Archives for January 2013
The Ultimate Guide To Shopping Online for Lowest Cost, and Highest Rewards
I want to take you through the Purchase Process I go through when buying pretty much anything these days. Until about 2 years ago I thought I was a savvy buyer due to simply looking online for things rather than from a store and being able to compare a few websites using a Google search. […]
I’m paying a ton of interest on a debt I forgot about
Aww Crap. I pride myself on being debt free and making my money work for me, but a little procrastination has proved very costly, and those guys at TD Ameritrade don’t go out of their way to show you how much you are paying every month as a reminder (though in fairness none of the […]
Asset Location Decisions
Asset Location is going to be a focus for my study in the upcoming weeks. I have already formed SEP IRAs and Traditional IRAs along with Taxable Brokerage accounts, and have been fully funding these for several years. I recently read a very interesting book on the concept of Passive Investing, and it went into […]
My Life Statement
I decided it was important to revisit my goals in life and form a Life Statement. I discussed what I felt was important about this concept in this post and the natural next step is for me to write down my Life Statement, firm up the goals to achieving it and make sure that I am on […]
Cashing Out Gift Cards
Yesterday I posted about an Outstanding Deal: $50 off $100 at Bestbuy when you pay with a Mastercard, if you didn’t get in on this yet check out the post and get your coupon from the link provided there. Linky Update, deal is dead. Hope you got in on time yesterday, you really have to move […]
Update EXPIRED – Outstanding Deal $50 off $100 at Bestbuy with a Mastercard
Update – 10:32pm Eastern. Deal is dead. Hope you guys got in on this while it was still open. Tomorrow morning the follow up post on Cashing Out Giftcards will post. Wowzer! This offer is fantastic, go out to your local store right away and use this Coupon to get $50 off $100 with your Mastercard. […]
Forming a Life Statement
In the financial world you will come across all manner of people and ideas marketed professionally and designed to get you excited, and ultimately steer you away from your goal of Financial Independence, here is how to avoid that happening.Firstly you need a plan, you need to sit down and decide what it is you […]
7 Key Facts About Dividend Investing
Dividend Investing is the cornerstone of any Passive Investment Strategy. They are the most accessible vehicles for forming your portfolio and you can start with a very small investment.Stocks pay a Dividend to their shareholders from annual profits. The purpose of this for most stocks is to encourage people to purchase them, and it is […]
Options Trade Failure Citibank LEAPs I lost $12,440 in one trade
Options Trading, the secret to getting rich quickly. I guess if you consider them to be a Zero Sum trade then yeah, someone just got rich off my bad decision. Though as I mentioned earlier in Options Trading 102 its all about the news, so if Citibank knocks it out of the park today then its […]