Friday, September 27, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - October Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $24,981 (71%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $10,631 (97%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

An Interesting Follow Up - PowerBall

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I found this NBC.com followup article on colorful PowerBall winner Wild Willie an interesting read. As I've posted before, I'm n...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

2008 - 2013 The Great Recession Check Up - Part III

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Okay, so far we are one and one.  While we are doing well on our savings/retirement plan,  see Part II , our occupation based salary is flat...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

2008 - 2013 The Great Recession Check Up - Part II

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Yearly Savings Goals In 2008, we undertook our first annual savings goal, and saved $50,000 (even with my big pay cut).   In 2009, we sa...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

2008 - 2013 The Great Recession Check Up - Part I

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This morning, on the news, there was a story about where we are, as a society and as an economy, 5 years after the great recession. I ac...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - September Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $24,233 (69%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $9,631 (88%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e/...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

So, More on the Good News

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I wanted to share more about Mr. Sam's new job. First, the positives.  Mr. Sam obtained new employment while he was still receiving se...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Hopefully I'm Not Getting Ahead of Ourselves

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Working on bill paying today, I sent off a $415 mortgage principal prepayment to my friends at CitiMortgage.  While, Mr. Sam is only in the ...
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