Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Starting Your Financial Life
“Hey,
I read that article about your sister Jennifer and well - I will be in a similar situation very soon.
Here is my story: I am 22 years old, graduating from college this December with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Starting salary should be somewhere around $50k. I have about $20k in student loans and let’s […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
ETF Investing : Update #1
Back in July, I made a couple of picks for the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that I felt would be a good picks.
It looks like the picks are doing pretty well so far, racking up an average gain of ~3%. I believe that these funds will continue to perform well and hold steady with […]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Why Decision Yields Results
My sister, Jennifer, visited me last week on her way up to school. She’s taken the altruistic route of becoming a nurse and will likely graduate from school directly into a job that allows her to work anywhere in the country (and to a certain extent, the world), with high job security, and will […]
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Emergency Fund : Is it Even Important?
It’s time for another article on emergency funds!
I know I’ve already talked about them but remember that the most basic of financial lessons (while somewhat simple to understand) are the ones that you should be most knowledgeable about.
1) Compounding interest
2) Early retirement savings (401K and ROTH)
3) Knowing how/where to invest
4) Emergency fund
5) Using debt to […]
