Ok it’s all my fault. From my June 2008 nestegg report I am really excited to hear of all of this bear market talk and really hope the bear market is hear to stay for a while as at this stage in …
Read MoreI wish I knew the origin of this quote in the title - I heard it from someone the other day and couldn’t find the source but I think it pretty much sums up my investing philosophy right now. I …
Read MoreWell September was certainly an exciting month to be in the stock market with the overall market falling about 10% in the month of September and people getting excited about all the money they are …
Read MoreI’m going to keep this short and sweet because I’ve actually got plans to write more posts than this stupid report each month. I’ve upgraded this blog and am going to try to find …
Read MoreI’m getting to the point where I’m probably not going to add a lot of commentary to each one of these monthly reports due to the fact that well not much really can change to your portfolio …
Read MoreWell overall a pretty ugly month if you are concerned with short-term investment performance. On the flip side a pretty exciting month if you are a buyer such as myself. Overall my retirement nestegg …
Read MoreI almost forgot I even wrote a post about this, but in September of 2006 I wrote about my other $100,000 by age 30 goal where I mentioned that I word sort of like to be making six figures by the time …
Read MoreI apologize for not posting more - I’ve got a ton of posts in my draft folder that are about 90% done and I just never finish them. Hate seeing my history of posts only including my monthly …
Read MoreTurned out to be a great month for my retirement nestegg growth, the best part is this months gains were due almost entirely towards investment gains versus me contributing a bunch of money. It just …
Read MoreWell the good news is that my retirement nestegg grew by nearly 8% this month. The bad news is I had to do most of the heavy lifting as for the month as I had a negative investment return. I had some …
Read MoreHere is my monthly report. Not much to say - small gains (solely based on contributions). Will hopefully be kicking in some last minute IRA contributions in next month or so to fully max out my …
Read MoreSomething caught my eye on the recently passed stimulus package that will be sending everyone $300-$600 rebate checks this May. In the article it says The checks are an advance on next year’s …
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