Entries from May 2008

May Stock Contest Results

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I would like to congratulate Smarty at GrowingMoneyBlog on winning the May 2008 PF Bloggers stock picking contest. Smarty’s pick with 100% to Nvidia (NVDA) was in the lead for the majority of the month, finishing up 20.19%. I would also like to note that out of the 6 participants, 5 beat the S&P 500 [...]

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Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

May 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

I was introduced to “The 4-Hour Workweek” by a fellow co-worker while we were talking over lunch. We occasionally talk about the future of business and how the workforce of Corporate America will evolve with the future of technology. Not to judge a book by its cover, Tim has done a great job [...]

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Don’t change your budget after loan payoff

May 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

When you finally payoff that loan it is a huge accomplishment, don’t change your budget and continue to make the payments to yourself.
We purchased our first car back in October 2003 with a 5 year (60 month) loan at 0% APR. This was a great deal and looking forward to paying the loan off in [...]

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Tags: Budgeting