Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Lately, the search referrals I’m getting include a lot more “asset allocation international” type searches.
Are you guys also looking to internationalize your investment portfolios? I thought I mentioned this before, I’m bumping up my international portion by reallocating money to a second international fund which is less growth oriented and more blend/value. Seems I [...]
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Greetings!
It’s that time of year again. Open Enrollment. I dread it because it means lots of changes to insurance. Make sure you gear up and make some time in your schedule to attend an Open Enrollment session by your HR department. It could save you a lot of money.
This year, I got a lovely canned [...]
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How about 2 3rd place finishes for the baby goats my friend took to the show? Ok. I know, you don’t read my blog to hear about cute little baby goats. CuteOverload needs a new category for them though. They are pretty adorable.
Dinner Friday night at Calico was superb. The duckling I had was okay, [...]
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Hat tip to JD for pointing out that it’s National Save for Retirement Week.
For individuals, they have a resource page of Adobe PDF documents you can download and read. I especially liked the one-sheet files for young people under 35 and for those earning a low income.
I encourage everyone to save some money this week, [...]
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One day I shall opine over tofu. But it’s kind of hard for me to do that in English since tofu yumminess is equated with Korean food. Today, it’s all about SPAM.
At the request of two commenters regarding my remarks about SPAM fried rice, I am posting a recipe and some suggested variations. Remember, I’m [...]
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This is an official announcement that Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge has joined the WPersonalFinance Network. It’s a loose affiliation of women-written personal finance bloggers, many of whom I enjoy reading daily, like Chief Family Officer, Ms. MiniDucky, Mrs. Micah: Finance and Life.
From the website:
This network was created to focus on the personal finance issues that [...]
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We have met our goal of $2000 thanks to 18 generous donors. We are solidly in 5th place for the topical blog leaderboard, and 19th overall. I hope just by being on the list, people see us and become interested in personal finance. If nothing else so there’s more money left for philanthropy.
So, even though [...]
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Unless it’s over a beer. But really, all you need to know about me is already in this blog.
I’ve played the game before, so any new meme tagging for tidbits about me will be ignored. Sorry Kay, TMac, Juan Million. I won’t do it.
Alrighty reposting all you want to know:
100 Things
Another 5 Things
ENOUGH. That’s it. [...]
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UPDATE: Voting closed. In 12 hours, consensus seems to be option #3.
Alrighty, here’s the scenario. I owe my friend $500 for a nice used laptop. I have paid her a good chunk of the agreed price, but now that I have the computer in hand, I need to pay her the rest.
Now, when I agreed [...]
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I spent nothing on Thursday. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Nothing!
In the morning, I had enough gas to make it to work and back. I pushed off tanking up till just before I leave on my road trip on Friday.
I brought soups from home for breakfast. They were BOGO Progresso soups from the supermarket the night before. [...]
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