Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Investing on Feb 7th, 2008
How we got here: I had seen this book mentioned somewhere a long time ago and forgot all about it. Then a friend of mine lent it to me and when I saw the author’s name, I knew I had to read it. Roger Lowenstein is the author of the superb biography, Buffett: The Making [...]
I have a long-term goal of building a simple yet robust analogy that will tie investing with baseball. I’ve posted a few times on this (here and here) and I’m always keeping an eye out for more/better ways to tie the two together.
Why am I doing this? Well, it gives me something to blog about, [...]
Posted in Investing on Jan 25th, 2008
So I’m finally transferring my Roth IRA from Scottrade to Vanguard after finding out that you can have two Roths at two different brokerage houses. The reason I needed to know that before making the switch is because I want to hold on to my one B share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) without having to [...]
Last week I wrote about how the markets have got me nervous. My reasons aren’t because my investments are losing value, it’s because I’m not sure how to best take advantage of the drop.
It’s not easy seeing your hard-earned, hard-saved money getting lobbed off at the head, but that’s just the nature of the beast. [...]
Posted in Financial statements, Investing, Sports on Jan 21st, 2008
So I’m still on the quest to deciphering financial statements. And I still think that a sports analogy will help me draw a parallel between the two so I can be a more informed investor.
I’ve been asking around different forums and groups of people with more experience than myself, and one of the suggestions was [...]
Posted in Finance, Investing, Money and Relationships on Jan 21st, 2008
You hear it everywhere that the thing couples fight about the most is money. Well, in the case of M and I, we don’t really fight about money decisions, although it is hard when you want to do things or buy things that don’t fit into the larger financial plan.
But that’s something we all have [...]
I first thought of this idea after writing about Capital One’s Cardlab. It seemed (and still does) like such a great idea but it was also one of those times that you think to yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This customizing feature has been around for a while and when companies like Dell have [...]
Posted in Financial statements, Investing on Jan 15th, 2008
A long long time ago before I knew what I was doing with money or investing or even saving and budgeting, I read Peter Lynch’s Beating the Street and One up On Wall Street. Granted, this was a while ago, but I remember coming away from those books with a desperate need to learn how [...]
Last week I discussed the LVM and how much I like the idea of converging a strict business relationship with something that I love, books.
Well, here are two of their upcoming releases and a short blurb for each. Make sure to give them a look and see if they peak your interest:
The Leper Compound, by [...]
Posted in Investing on Jan 14th, 2008
It seems everyone is nervous about the stock market right now.
We are either in a recession or we are headed right into a recession. Stocks are going to drop and may drop even further. It’s time for a correction. We are already in a correction. Should you sell? Is it time to sell? What should [...]
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