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Net Worth Update: September 2010
Last month, I predicted that September’s net worth chart had nowhere to go but down. How did that pan out? Change: -$523 or -1.83 % Down she goes! It’s not really surprising, although I wasn’t quite prepared for the extent to which it went down. Here are the factors that played into this (temporary!) downfall: [...]
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Net Worth Update: August 2010
August has been hot, hot, hot! Weather wise, certainly, but I also made it worse by making a (work-related) trip to Miami in the middle! Let’s see if my finances had a similar toasty trend: Change: $2,070 or +6.77 % Indeed, it was a good month! However, it also represents my last month of steady [...]
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Net Worth Update: July 2010
Back for another check-in on my finances! Prepare yourself – this entry comes with a startling revelation! (Dun, dun, DUN!) Change: $1,561 or +4.86% A nice continuous climb for that little line! If you look at the chart, you may notice that it’s up into the area that was the first “fall” in the [...]
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Net Worth Update: June 2010
I’m back again for another spin ‘round the ol’ Net Worth calculation! It’s time to see what happened in June and how some big changes (relatively speaking) to my student loans affected the bottom line. Here’s the sitch: Change: $1,220 or +3.66 % Yep, I still go it! (“It” being that awesome knack I have [...]
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Net Worth Update: May 2010
Nothing like doing something at the last possible hour! (It’s a great way to relive your college days once you’re a year out, by the way.) Before I calculate all the fun stuff for June of this year, I really ought to go back and cover what happened in May. So, here goes… Change: $721 [...]
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Net Worth Update: April 2010
Hi. I don’t want to leave you guys hanging, even though that’s what I’ve obviously managed to do. I won’t try to do the obligatory excuses, but rather just say that my life has gotten more hectic instead of less, and that we’re still in the “valley” of my hypothetical time graph. However, my net [...]
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Net Worth Update: March 2010
I sincerely hope you enjoyed yesterday’s April Fool’s Day prank, and that if you did fall for it, you’re not pissed at me! Yesterday’s post was a heart-wrenching goodbye that was 99.9999% true. That’s the key to a good April Fool’s joke: plausibility. Everything in yesterday’s post was true… except for the conclusion that I’ll [...]
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Whether you’re a subscriber via RSS, email, or you just check the site regularly for updates, you’ve noticed by now that I just haven’t been writing lately. Especially keen observers will notice this started when I began working full-time. It’s true: I haven’t yet mastered the coveted work/life balance. It makes a sort of sense: [...]
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Money can’t buy love! Here are 7 vital signs that you tend to ignore:
This week’s guest post comes from Dorothy Anderson, who is a finance blogger and recommends you be very careful before consolidating debts. Do you remember the song by Beatles? “….I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright, I’ll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright [...]
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Net Worth Update: February 2010
Even though it’s not good for my financial picture, net worth calculations are a lot more exciting when it’s unknown… will it go up, or will it go down? Up or down? What’s it gonna be February… up or down? Up (a little)! Change: $4 or 0.01 % At first blush of the numbers, it [...]
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