Well crud. That exchange traded fund purchase I made last night didn’t go through. The markets had already closed by the time I settled on GEX, and it had closed at $42something. I had talked to a rep at Ameritrade who said that if the price for the number of shares I bought went higher… Continue Reading
Bought My Exchange Traded Funds
Earlier this week, we made our final 2008 deposit into my Roth IRA. I had let the money accumulate in a money market all year, in anticipation of buying an ETF once I maxxed out the account (my plan is to buy one ETF per year, in order to minimize the amount I pay in… Continue Reading
Trying To Find An ETF I Can Believe In
We’ve almost checked everything off our financial goals list for the year. Not bad, since we still have almost five months to go. We’ve maxxed out the HSA, and my husband’s IRA is on an automatic deposit schedule that will reach $5000 by December. We’ve paid off $5000 in our HELOC, which continues to be… Continue Reading
Taxes Done!
I just finished our taxes. It’s the culmination of probably 40 hours of work over the last several weeks, and it feels pretty darn good. I spent $125 to get one hour of consultation from our accountant, but other than that I did it all on my own. I finished the state… Continue Reading
A Tax Break
It’s after midnight, and I’ve been working on our taxes since about 11 am, so I’m a bit cross-eyed at the moment. But I’m nearly finished. I have a meeting with our accountant on Monday to go over our corporate return, which I need to finalize in order to complete our personal returns…. Continue Reading
Personal Finance In A Less-Than-Stellar Economy
All is takes is a quick glance around the internet to see that the financial outlook these days is not as rosy as it has been for most of this decade. The doom and gloom crowd is predicting a full blown recession, while the more optimistic folks say that there will just be a… Continue Reading
Muddling Through Investing
I have a buy and hold strategy when it comes to investing. Not because I’m highly educated in matters of the stock market and believe this to be the best method. Instead, I know that we need to be investing our money, I know that we’re investing for the long term, and I’m… Continue Reading