My favorite brokerage, TradeKing, is currently running a promotion. New customers earn $200 just for signing up. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I currently keep my Traditional IRA, Roth IRA and taxable accounts with them. In my opinion: The interface is simple and intuitive Everything works really well The chat customer service has been nothing but helpful when I’ve …
What I’m Reading
A Guide to not retiring (WSJ) The billionaire trying to go broke (Forbes) Peter Thiel moves in to biotech (MIT Tech Review College kids declare majors earlier than ever (WSJ) The difference between commitment and technique (Seth Godin) The anti-bucket list (Zen Habits) Stock charts tend to ignore dividend reinvestment (DivGrowthInvestor) A reading list for entrepreneurs (Medium) Filling your 401k …
Lorillard (LO) and Illustration in Dividend Reinvestment
A year ago (or so) I picked up my first shares of Lorillard (LO), which have done phenomenal for me. Without going in to how many share I have, let’s do a case study and see what it’s done over that period if you decided to put your dividends back in to the stock. I’d like to do a basic …
My new Resource Page is Live!
I’m going to keep it short, but I wanted to make sure the people following on RSS see the new content added to the Resource Page. I’ve spent many hours putting together as complete a list as possible of the best of all the best tools for frugal badassity, investing, expense tracking, travel and more. Not everything has a review …
My Chalkboard Wall (more adventures in DIY)
I started another small project in our kitchen to go with our new kitchen cabinets. I was inspired by this post over at Shanty 2 Chic to put up some chalkboard paint on our walls. Mine’s probably not quite as pretty and I definitely don’t take the same quality of photos but I thought it turned out pretty well. It was …
How I Traveled to Brazil on 1 Credit Card Bonus
Last year I finally got interested in the wonderful world of credit card hacking. It always sounded scammy before and hey, credit cards are bad right? How can you just sign up for cards and magically travel for free? There’s no free lunch. Turns out, actually their is and it’s delicious. In a later post I’m going to go in …
What I’m Reading
401k Stock Allocations at all time highs (Dana Lyons) Startups go after the mattress industry (Bloomberg) Dyson creator hopes to take batteries a leap forward (WSJ) South32 and BHP Billiton (The Conservative Income Investor) Life happens while your not paying attention (The Big Picture) Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe (Chronicle of Higher Ed) An algorithm tells companies who is most likely to quit …
International Investing
I recently rolled my old 401k in to my IRA after making a job change. So I’m flush with cash! So what to do? The market in the US is way up the past few years so that gives me a bit of pause on where to throw my money. Because it’s in an IRA there are really only a couple …
Liebster Award
I was honored to be nominated for a Liebster Award from my friend GenYFinanceGuy. I’ll admit I did not know what this was when I first saw it. A bit of googling, showed it’s a pretty cool way to spread the love around the net for new blogs that the nominator finds value in. What are the rules? Share 11 facts …
What I’m Reading
What Millenials Want (MillenialInvest) Doing Nothing isn’t a financial plan (Behavior Gap) The Seagull Theory – a new mental model (IWTYTBR) Not your grandparents S&P (Joshua Kennon) Seth Godin on Money (Seth Godin) Anniversary of crisis lows is a psychological reminder (Big Picture) The Six-Year Bull Market in Five Charts (WSJ) Charlie Munger, Economics and Incentives (Farman Street) Battle of …
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