Money and Finance
This past week was pretty crazy and honestly it was a really tough week. It started off good enough with the same old routine of finish up one job, drive home, do some paperwork, then spend some time with my wife. I love when the summer is in full swing and she's not working, she's a teacher, so we can spend all day every day together when I actually get a chance to be home. She's one of the biggest reasons why I'm working towards reaching FI as quickly as possible.
On the investing front the S&P 500 was up slightly on the week but it was anything but a smooth ride. Essentially all of the gains were made thanks to a very good day yesterday that saw the index gain 1.15% from Thursday's close. Although a grumpy or fickle Mr. Market is great news for long term investors. Last week I added to positions in Realty Income, General Mills, Verizon and Wal-Mart to help boost up my dividends and get some idle capital to work. I also went ahead and added to 2 more positions this week that were long overdue to have further investments made. That post will be up early this coming week, most likely Monday. If you want to stay on top of the latest purchases, in almost real-time from the trade execution, then make sure to follow me on Twitter@JC_PIP. There's still a few other positions that I'm looking to add to and hopefully I can do so this week.
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- Weekly Roundup - August 16, 2014
Quick update because it's late and I need to get to sleep. I initiated 5 new positions for me this week, although 4 of them are really small at just $25 each so far. I started positions in Disney (DIS), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOGL), and Berkshire...
- Weekly Roundup - June 14, 2014
It's been a busy and fun week. I've been back to the grind at work now and I can't say I'm all that excited about it. Especially now that my wife is on summer break and has loads of free time. It makes it that much more difficult...
- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
The first full week of 2014 has now flown by and it sure was a busy one for me. We finished drilling another well and I was able to head home early Thursday morning. I finally got home around 4 am and promptly crashed in bed with my wife for an hour...
- Weekly Roundup - September 28, 2013
This past week was pretty good. We finished another well and things went pretty smooth. Now I get to be home for my cousin's wedding today and through the rest of the weekend. Unfortunately I'll be heading back to work sometime early next...
- Weekly Roundup - March 30, 2013
Where has the first 3 months of this year gone? Seems like just yesterday I was having to get used to writing 2013 instead of 2012 and now one quarter of the year is almost done. This past week was pretty good. Work went really smooth although I...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - August 9, 2014
This past week was pretty crazy and honestly it was a really tough week. It started off good enough with the same old routine of finish up one job, drive home, do some paperwork, then spend some time with my wife. I love when the summer is in full swing and she's not working, she's a teacher, so we can spend all day every day together when I actually get a chance to be home. She's one of the biggest reasons why I'm working towards reaching FI as quickly as possible.
On the investing front the S&P 500 was up slightly on the week but it was anything but a smooth ride. Essentially all of the gains were made thanks to a very good day yesterday that saw the index gain 1.15% from Thursday's close. Although a grumpy or fickle Mr. Market is great news for long term investors. Last week I added to positions in Realty Income, General Mills, Verizon and Wal-Mart to help boost up my dividends and get some idle capital to work. I also went ahead and added to 2 more positions this week that were long overdue to have further investments made. That post will be up early this coming week, most likely Monday. If you want to stay on top of the latest purchases, in almost real-time from the trade execution, then make sure to follow me on Twitter@JC_PIP. There's still a few other positions that I'm looking to add to and hopefully I can do so this week.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - August 16, 2014
Quick update because it's late and I need to get to sleep. I initiated 5 new positions for me this week, although 4 of them are really small at just $25 each so far. I started positions in Disney (DIS), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOGL), and Berkshire...
- Weekly Roundup - June 14, 2014
It's been a busy and fun week. I've been back to the grind at work now and I can't say I'm all that excited about it. Especially now that my wife is on summer break and has loads of free time. It makes it that much more difficult...
- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
The first full week of 2014 has now flown by and it sure was a busy one for me. We finished drilling another well and I was able to head home early Thursday morning. I finally got home around 4 am and promptly crashed in bed with my wife for an hour...
- Weekly Roundup - September 28, 2013
This past week was pretty good. We finished another well and things went pretty smooth. Now I get to be home for my cousin's wedding today and through the rest of the weekend. Unfortunately I'll be heading back to work sometime early next...
- Weekly Roundup - March 30, 2013
Where has the first 3 months of this year gone? Seems like just yesterday I was having to get used to writing 2013 instead of 2012 and now one quarter of the year is almost done. This past week was pretty good. Work went really smooth although I...