Category: Retirement & Investing

Net Worth Update: July 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts in the series: June 2007 Update May 2007 Update April 2007 Update March 2007 Update February 2007 Update January 2007 Update… continue reading

Net Worth Update: June 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts in the series: April 2007 Update April 2007 Update March 2007 Update February 2007 Update January 2007 Update 2007 Financial Goals… continue reading

Parenting Mistake #4 :: Not Teaching Them About Money

Yahoo has an article discussing how overspending on kids can risk your financial future. In that article they discuss four common mistakes that parents make with regard to spending on their own kids to the detriment of their own financial well-being. Over the next few days, I am going to list each one of these… continue reading

Parenting Mistake #3 :: Keeping Up With The Joneses’ Kids

Yahoo has an article discussing how overspending on kids can risk your financial future. In that article they discuss four common mistakes that parents make with regard to spending on their own kids to the detriment of their own financial well-being. Over the next few days, I am going to list each one of these… continue reading

Parenting Mistake #2 :: A Bedroom For Everyone

Yahoo has an article discussing how overspending on kids can risk your financial future. In that article they discuss four common mistakes that parents make with regard to spending on their own kids to the detriment of their own financial well-being. Over the next few days, I am going to list each one of these… continue reading

Parenting Mistake #1 :: Ignoring Their Retirement

Yahoo has an article discussing how overspending on kids can risk your financial future. In that article they discuss four common mistakes that parents make with regard to spending on their own kids to the detriment of their own financial well-being. Over the next few days, I am going to list each one of these… continue reading

Net Worth Update: May 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts in the series: April 2007 Update March 2007 Update February 2007 Update January 2007 Update 2007 Financial Goals Non-Mortgage Debt Another… continue reading

Monitor Your Financial Health

As a “Baby Boomer” I’ve had the opportunity to experience much of what our beautiful world has to offer, perhaps selfishly at times. However, unlike many in my generation who haven’t concerned themselves with taking care of their financial health, and haven’t concerned themselves until recently with how they are going to survive when they… continue reading

The Secret To Market Success

Do you know the secret to having success in the stock market? If you said that the secret is knowing which stocks will be the winning performers, you are wrong. The real secret is being able to recognize a losing trade and cut your losses early. Recently I read an article from Derrich.com about using… continue reading

Net Worth Update: April 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts in the series: March 2007 Update February 2007 Update January 2007 Update 2007 Financial Goals Non-Mortgage Debt With the start of… continue reading