Money and Finance
Quick round up this week.
The markets sure are in a sour mood to start off the year. After being down about 6% through the first 5 trading days of the year the S&P 500 is now down 8% year to date. If only I had some cash ready. Luckily though I'm working on getting money moved around in order to restart our Roth IRAs so hopefully sometime over the next couple weeks we can start making the first purchases.
Other than the market turmoil and the noise from the financial media it was a pretty calm week. I had gone back to work a week ago Friday and it was great because it was only 2 hours or so from the house and about 30 minutes outside of College Station, home of my alma mater Texas A&M University. I loved getting to be back in the area of where I went to school and even walked around campus a couple days just to check things out.
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- Weekly Roundup - March 19, 2016
Well another week gone and another week home. Even though oil prices have been climbing higher I haven't seen an uptick on the exploration side. Although I don't really expect to see too much of an increase because even in the high $30's/low...
- Weekly Roundup - February 27, 2016
The layoffs at my employer weren't quite done last week and more were carried out this week as well. Luckily I've still escaped the layoffs but it sure is a scary time to be in the "patch". I still expect at least one more round...
- Weekly Roundup - August 2, 2014
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait...
- 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...
- Weekly Roundup - August 24, 2013
This past week was very busy for me. It started off with a quick call out on Monday to head back to work. I was hoping to be home at least until Tuesday and maybe until Wednesday, but they got things done at the rig much faster than I expected. I...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - January 16, 2016
The markets sure are in a sour mood to start off the year. After being down about 6% through the first 5 trading days of the year the S&P 500 is now down 8% year to date. If only I had some cash ready. Luckily though I'm working on getting money moved around in order to restart our Roth IRAs so hopefully sometime over the next couple weeks we can start making the first purchases.
Other than the market turmoil and the noise from the financial media it was a pretty calm week. I had gone back to work a week ago Friday and it was great because it was only 2 hours or so from the house and about 30 minutes outside of College Station, home of my alma mater Texas A&M University. I loved getting to be back in the area of where I went to school and even walked around campus a couple days just to check things out.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - March 19, 2016
Well another week gone and another week home. Even though oil prices have been climbing higher I haven't seen an uptick on the exploration side. Although I don't really expect to see too much of an increase because even in the high $30's/low...
- Weekly Roundup - February 27, 2016
The layoffs at my employer weren't quite done last week and more were carried out this week as well. Luckily I've still escaped the layoffs but it sure is a scary time to be in the "patch". I still expect at least one more round...
- Weekly Roundup - August 2, 2014
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait...
- 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...
- Weekly Roundup - August 24, 2013
This past week was very busy for me. It started off with a quick call out on Monday to head back to work. I was hoping to be home at least until Tuesday and maybe until Wednesday, but they got things done at the rig much faster than I expected. I...