Entries from February 2008

CD Ladder - Rung #1

February 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

So by including my blog revenue of $202.72 into my savings account, that brings the balance to $611.24. So by surpassing this milestone, I have decided to start a CD Ladder to take my savings strategy to a different level..
Simply, a CD Ladder is a series of CD’s that are setup with the same term [...]

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Tags: Banking

PEG - What is it and how do I calculate it?

February 18th, 2008 · Comments Off

In an effort to continue to assist investors with their homework, I will publish posts for education purposes.
Occasionally on the show “Mad Money” hosted by Jim Cramer, you will hear about the “PEG Ratio”. The PEG stands for Price to Earnings to Growth Rate Ratio….
Let’s walk through the below as an example:
Current Price per Share [...]

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Tags: Education Center

Duh!…..Rookie Mistake

February 14th, 2008 · Comments Off

As a follow-up to my last post for purchasing Turbo Tax Premier 2007 on Ebay, I realized that I made a rookie mistake. I actually had bids on two on-going Ebay auctions for the software and ended up winning both. I was so excited to capture the savings on the software that I failed to [...]

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Tags: Taxes