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A personal finance blog about my journey to build $1 million investment portfolio by 2017. Here, I will share with you information that I have found useful on my journey.
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Financial Risks And Personal Finance Risk Management, Part 2
This is the second part of Financial Risks And Personal Finance Risk Management series. In the first part, we looked at financial risks and risk management as they relate to your income and expenses....
April 2008 Site and Net Worth Review (+6.22%)
Net Worth Review We definitely saw good recovery in April, but you really have to ask how much more can the Fed cuts interest rates. The S&P 500 index went up +4.75% from 1322.70 to 1385.59. Acc...
Labor Capital, The Forgotten Asset Class
The first time I heard the term “Labor Capital” clearly explained was in our monthly column by Larry Swedroe. So what is labor capital? Basically, it’s your ability to generate inc...
eFinPLAN Online Financial Planning Software Review
Kent Irwin, who recently wrote a guest article: Is Suze Orman Right, Can You Be Your Own Financial Planner?, sent me a free license to use his eFinPLAN online financial planning software. In this pos...
March 2008 Site and Net Worth Review (-1.01%)
Net Worth Review March was another down month, but the second half certainly showed some promise for the stock market. For the month of March, the S&P 500 index dropped -0.60% from 1330.63 to 132...
Gold hits $1,000: Should I Invest In Gold?
On March 13, 2008, gold hits $1,000 per ounce for the first time in history, the dollar fell below 100 yen, and crude oil price is setting new records. With the sub par stock market performance over t...
Peer-to-Peer Lending and Bloggers Ethic
Last week, my friend Gibble sparked a little controversy with his post “Why I think P2P lending is a bad idea.” He believes peer-to-peer lending as bad because it propagates myriad proble...
February 2008 Site and Net Worth Review (+0.63%)
Net Worth Review February was another roller coaster month for the stock market. If it wasn’t for the -2.71% drop on February 29th, the monthly performance would have been mostly flat. In the en...
Life Insurance Part 3: Is Term Life Insurance Right For Me?
Okay, so I have walked you through the process of how to determine the right amount of life insurance coverage in part 1, and why whole life insurance doesn’t make good financial sense in part 2...
Life Insurance Part 2: Should I Buy Whole Life Insurance?
In the first post “Life Insurance Part 1: How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?,” I worked with my insurance sales agent on how much life insurance my wife and I need. One of his suggestions...
Is Peer to-Peer Lending Ready for Prime Time?
It has been a while since I wrote about my peer-to-peer lending investments. DebtKid recently interviewed me, and you can see our interview on LendingClub.com. One of the questions the stuck with me ...
International Investment Exposure (GP)
About the Author: This is a guest post by Dan Holt from MoneyMyths, a blog dedicated to look through sales pitches, see over marketing gimmicks, and dig under hype to discuss the truth about personal ...
January 2008 Site and Net Worth Review (-7.35%)
Net Worth Review January was a bad month for the stock market despite two rate cuts by the Fed. The S&P 500 index dropped -6.12% from 1468.36 to 1378.55. According to NetworthIQ, my net worth we...
The Weak Dollar is Killing Americans’ Wealth (Reprint)
This is a guest post I wrote for Consumerism Commentary on October 4, 2007. I just completed my September net worth review and noticed that I am actually less wealthy. While my net worth went up 1.24...
December 2007 Site and Net Worth Review (+0.72%)
Before I begin, I’d like to say that this is a special edition of the net worth review, because following my review, I will be sharing what my friends are all saying about their net worth or the...
12 Investing Mistakes I’ve Made, and How You Can Learn From Them (Reprint)
This is my guest post that appeared on Get Rich Slowly on September 26, 2007. I’ve been investing since 1996. In the process, I have learned a lot, mainly from trial and error. I’d like to share...
November 2007 Site and Net Worth Review (-0.39%)
November was a very volatile month for the stock market with pressure from the oil price, sub prime mortgages, and foreclosure problems. The negativity was further fueled by bad news from companies l...
How Much Should We Invest Internationally?
First, I want to declare that I know little about world economy, but I am intrigued by it. I am writing this in hope that you (my readers) can pitch in with your thoughts on this. So let’s get...
22 Money Maximizing Moves You Can Do Today
Now that the benefits enrollment for my company is over, I can start thinking about things that I could do before the end of the year to make my money work harder for me. Here are 22 ideas that I wan...
October 2007 Net Worth Review (+1.75%)
Aside from the big dip on October 19th, this was another good month for the stock market. The S&P 500 index rose +1.48% from 1,526.75 to 1,549.38 — again, the Fed cuts rates by another quart...
Money Lesson #4: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
In the previous lesson with my wife, I taught her about various investment vehicles available at our disposal. This time we discussed choosing the right tool for the job; that is, choosing the best i...
September 2007 Net Worth Review (+1.24%)
September was a good month for the stock market. The S&P 500 index rose +3.58% from 1,473.99 to 1,526.75 — thanks to the boost from Federal Reserve interest rate cut by half a point on the ...
Can we actually save too much for college?
I shared some great posts with you in my weekly roundup about college savings. However, these posts and what I have written tend to focus on the dollar amount and savings vehicles. As part of the ro...
Moolanomy weekly roundup #8: “College Savings” edition
I have written about saving for college in my posts: My kid’s college costs will be $467,000! Are you kidding me? and later Saving $250,000 for my son’s college education with dollar amoun...
Saving $250,000 for my son’s college education
In my previous post, My kid’s college costs will be $467,000! Are you kidding me?, I may have gone too far toward the worst case scenario. After some additional reading — e.g., at Savingforco...