Showing posts with label Bears/Bulls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bears/Bulls. Show all posts
Friday, October 18, 2013

Stocks - Time to Sell?

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Today, I sold some stock.  This was a momentous occasion because this was a first for me.  The last few years, in my IRA, I have been buying...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Dow Closes Above 15,000

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Did you hear that the  Dow closed above 15,000 yesterday for the first time ever ? How did you celebrate?  Me, I updated our  NetWorthIQ ...
Monday, April 22, 2013

2013 Goals - April Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $13,392 (38%)   (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $6,010 (55%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to ...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

401k Spillover

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In December 2012, after Mr. Sam had maxed out his 401k, I noticed that he was still contributing to his 401k in something called an "af...
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Friday, November 30, 2012

Monthly Networth Review

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I have started my monthly update of our networthiq profile for December 2012.  Updating our net worth numbers is part of my monthly persona...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Net Worth Number Crunching

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I am in the office today, supposed to be working but ended up getting sucked into analyzing our 2012 net worth numbers at  networthiq.com . ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Importance of Reviewing Statements

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I am pretty good at paying attention to the documents that arrive by U.S. Mail.  While I do most of the management of our personal finances ...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Recession Map from Moody's Analyitcs

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Here is a  handy map  from Moody's Analytics that you can use to figure out if your city is still in recession, at risk, in recovery or ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

2007 - 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances

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Following up on my earlier  Balance of Power post there was a  timely article regarding states that had the biggest drops in net worth.  G...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

I'll Be Rich When . . .

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According  to this article from msnbc.com  Gallup found that the median amount of savings, real estate holdings and other investments Americ...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Balance of Power

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For a very long time, our investments, and our net worth, were heavily weighted towards real estate. But due to the real estate bust here ...
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Friday, June 1, 2012

Six Months Straight

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So, since January 2012 our next worth has been above, and more importantly stayed above the $1 million mark.  Why?  I would say its a combin...
Friday, April 13, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - Mid-April Report

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $10,705 (31%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $1500 (15%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $ 2800 (28%)...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

How Did You Celebrate the Dow Hitting 13,000?

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I updated our  NetWorthIQ numbers   and did a happy dance that we hit a new high for our net worth. Also, we really need to take a hard lo...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Roth 401(k)

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Mr. Sam and I both split our 401k monies between the traditional 401k plan (pretax dollars) and a Roth 401k plan (after tax dollars).  But, ...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - March Report

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $6788 (20%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $0 (0%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $ 2000 (20%)(goal ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Retirement Savings

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I have had a a chance to update our networthiq.com retirement savings numbers. In January 2011, we had $381,076 in our 401k accounts and a...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Market Impact on our NetWorth

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With the recent market volatility we have been pushed back below the millionaire mark.  We also had a major expense for which we had planned...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Invest Now or Invest Later?

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A Reader in New York had a question regarding whether it is better to fully fund an investment, i.e. our IRAs, early in the year or spread o...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Forcasting Tool

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Mr. Sam came across a tool at CNNmoney.com which provides information from a number of  analysts (varies from stock to stock) as to the for...
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