Money and Finance
February is now well under way and continuing to just fly on by. I had a lot of catching up to do this week with several posts that I just haven't been able to write up but I'm glad I did. It's also been a lot busier for my portfolio that I expected it to be. I was hoping for a calm start to the year, but the end of January and beginning of February didn't want any part of that. My option income so far in 2014 has been pretty great and I'm currently about 29% of the way towards my goal of $1,500 for the year. I also sold 2 put options late last week, one on Coca-Cola and one on Phillip Morris. As of now they're both looking good as the markets have started to climb, but there's still a lot of time left for Mr. Market to get in a sour mood. Wal-mart looks like a buy at current levels and since it had been a while since I had reviewed it, it was well overdue. Don't try looking for it here though, I wrote it over on Seeking Alpha and it was my first premium article.
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- Weekly Roundup - September 13, 2014
Another week has come and gone. How do the days keep flying by so fast? All the more reason to reach financial independence as early as possible and start to recapture some of the ever-fleeting time that we have. With no appointments this week that...
- Net Worth Update - February 2014
While cash flow is more important when it comes to financial independence, it's still good to look at the balance sheet too, which is why I provide these net worth updates. What a difference a month makes. The S&P 500 rebounded from January's...
- Dividend Update - January 2014
Well 2014 is now well under way with January already having come and left us. The markets started to be much more volatile with earnings season in full swing and the Federal Reserve announcing further tapering. I still don't know why tapering...
- Weekly Roundup - June 1, 2013
I can't believe that another week and month have come and gone. Last weekend I had a great time with my wife and friends as we headed up to one of their lake houses and got to go have a great time relaxing. And it didn't hurt that we got to...
- Net Worth Update - February 2013
I knew February would end up being a pretty good month with high than normal income and the profit sharing from my employer hitting my 401k. Considering the markets didn't have a repeat 5-6% gain, I got pretty close to topping January's personal...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - February 8, 2014
February is now well under way and continuing to just fly on by. I had a lot of catching up to do this week with several posts that I just haven't been able to write up but I'm glad I did. It's also been a lot busier for my portfolio that I expected it to be. I was hoping for a calm start to the year, but the end of January and beginning of February didn't want any part of that. My option income so far in 2014 has been pretty great and I'm currently about 29% of the way towards my goal of $1,500 for the year. I also sold 2 put options late last week, one on Coca-Cola and one on Phillip Morris. As of now they're both looking good as the markets have started to climb, but there's still a lot of time left for Mr. Market to get in a sour mood. Wal-mart looks like a buy at current levels and since it had been a while since I had reviewed it, it was well overdue. Don't try looking for it here though, I wrote it over on Seeking Alpha and it was my first premium article.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - September 13, 2014
Another week has come and gone. How do the days keep flying by so fast? All the more reason to reach financial independence as early as possible and start to recapture some of the ever-fleeting time that we have. With no appointments this week that...
- Net Worth Update - February 2014
While cash flow is more important when it comes to financial independence, it's still good to look at the balance sheet too, which is why I provide these net worth updates. What a difference a month makes. The S&P 500 rebounded from January's...
- Dividend Update - January 2014
Well 2014 is now well under way with January already having come and left us. The markets started to be much more volatile with earnings season in full swing and the Federal Reserve announcing further tapering. I still don't know why tapering...
- Weekly Roundup - June 1, 2013
I can't believe that another week and month have come and gone. Last weekend I had a great time with my wife and friends as we headed up to one of their lake houses and got to go have a great time relaxing. And it didn't hurt that we got to...
- Net Worth Update - February 2013
I knew February would end up being a pretty good month with high than normal income and the profit sharing from my employer hitting my 401k. Considering the markets didn't have a repeat 5-6% gain, I got pretty close to topping January's personal...