I’ve been on a media bias kick lately. It has noting to do with personal finance so feel free to skip and read one of our many other posts. In today’s episode…I mentioned in a prior post that I am a Foo Fighters fan. I’ve told folks often that I love the Foo Fighters. Comments […]
Today’s Media Bias – Funny? Absurd? Read More »
I’ve written a couple of opinion posts describing my disappointment with biased news sources. Today I clicked on an ad in my 1440 Daily Digest for a news site called Tangle. I loved my first read. Here’s why. Background I have been trying to find less-biased news sources. I’m skeptical of what I read and
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Today’s headline on Yahoo Finance It’s been a rocky week. The S&P was down this week. It was down big in late August as well. It came back strong after the August drop, but the money we “lost” in the drop isn’t easily forgotten, whereas the gains that slowly build are less dramatic. I wrote
Should I Wait for More Certainty to Invest? Read More »
This morning I got up, made coffee, my wife, dog and I went for a quick walk and I was looking for something fun to do while I finished my coffee. Like you, I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be fun to refresh my thesis on one of the companies in my portfolio. If you’re
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I love Amazon as both a customer and a long-term shareholder. As we all know, we can find anything on Amazon and it will be delivered to our doorstep in record time, sometimes overnight. Returns are easy, just drop at Whole Foods. As a shareholder, I have shares that I bought at $6.99, that are
Today’s News, Amazon Too??? Read More »
A while back, I posted about covered call options. I mainly invest in stocks, bonds and mutual funds, but I use a small portion of my equity allocation to invest in covered call options. Covered calls can provide immediate income, but at the risk of long-term gains. Risk of Long-Term Gains We’ll go through some
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In an earlier post on Mutual Funds and ETFs, we talked about mutual funds and ETFs, how they work, the fees they charge and how we get our money out after investing. Mutual Funds and ETFs are baskets of securities, but it is important for investors to know a little bit about how they manage
I Bought a Mutual Fund. What Do I Own? Read More »
One of my first posts was on credit cards. I love using credit cards for the convenience, the rewards and for the automated transaction monitoring and alerts. Using credit cards also gives me an inventory of all my expenses, which I wouldn’t get by using cash. I can better track where my money goes. Credit
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I’ve been on a kick lately, tracking down biased news stories. Why? I like to read. I like to know what’s going on in the world and I like to form my own opinions on subjects. I’m reading a little about the CIA right now. Fascinating stories about how it was formed, the new types
Say It Ain’t So Google Read More »
In yesterday’s post, All The News That’s Fit To Print, I noted my disappointment with the mainstream media for forcing a perspective on readers. I would prefer the media present me with the information and, on controversial points, arguments for and against, so that I am informed enough to make my own decision. I don’t
Disappointed With The Media Once Again Read More »