Tradeking – $200 Sign Up Bonus

Adam Investing

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

Adam 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 …

My new Resource Page is Live!

Adam Investing, Personal Finance

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)

Adam DIY, My Life

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 …

What I’m Reading

Adam 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 …

Liebster Award

Adam My Life, Personal Finance, Random

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

Adam 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 …