Amazon Gift Card Giveaway – May 2010
I am giving away a giftcard for Amazon in the month of May. The total will be for $10 of my own money that I put in there or 5% of the income that my site generates, whichever is greater. For example: if you order something from Amazon by clicking on the link on my [...]
Personal Finances – May 2010
It certainly has been a while since I updated my finances, but it feels good to see where I am financially. My new job is going to change my spending and saving habits until I can get a good grasp on how to balance everything out and find a way to make a little extra [...]
New Old Job
About three weeks ago, my former boss gave me a call to see if I was interested in a position that had reopened with them. I was about to take my first paid vacation as an employee at Rent a Center, and gave them an enthusiastic “Yes!” without giving it a whole lot of consideration [...]
Fantasy Portfolio – February 5, 2010
The stock market has been taking big hits over the last couple of weeks, totaling 6.6% over the last month. Luckily, I took my gains in most of my stocks at the beginning of the year and haven’t seen as big of a loss as I could have. Most of the declines were caused be [...]
Fantasy Portfolio – January 15, 2010
My portfolio this week didn’t take a hit as you may have thought since last week I had over 6% gains and only showing almost 1.5% gains. The portfolio value doesn’t take into consideration that I increased my overall position including cash in my account. I haven’t been able to actually see my cash position [...]