Personal Finances – July, 2010
This was a decent month for me financially. It wasn’t great, but it was better than others. We took a couple of trips as the summer is starting to wind down and it will be back to school for my girlfriend in a few weeks. Our first trip was to the Renaissance Faire just over [...]
Personal Finances – June 2010
It was a rough month for my stock portfolio. All five of my holdings saw a drop in share price, although the only one to take a drastic hit were my shares of BP. I foolishly added a position in BP a week or so after the spill when the share price had dropped to [...]
When Machines Run Our Money
Earlier today, the stock market took a crazy tumble losing nearly 1,000 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point only to rebound back to losing just under 350 points. The rumored cause of the giant dip was a typo made by a stock trader entering a “15B,” meaning billion for the number [...]
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 [...]
Personal Finances – December 2009
Well, it has been a year since I started keeping track of my finances for everybody to see. 2009 was a very good year for me financially, as I started a new job and earned a promotion and almost a second which I hope to get this year. There is a good chance that I [...]