“Time to go to the bank and transfer funds- this Facebook thing is gonna be huge!”These were the words spoken to me by a friend who will be joining the legion of fanatics jumping on board when Facebook IPO’s this week. Call me skeptical, but I just
The importance of staying out of debt was discussed in Part 2 – Core Fundamentals: Treat Debt like the Plauge (Part 2). Once this barrier has been overcome, the next step in establishing our ‘Path to Early Financial Independence’ plan is to analyze our monthly savings rate. In order to adequately build a growing portfolio, sufficient funds
Though I am still cautious about the stock market in general, I decided to use last week as an opportunity to initiate positions in two companies – BP p.l.c. (BP) and Emerson Electric (EMR). Both stocks were on my recent
I am excited to announce that fifighter.com has signed up for the Yakezie Challenge! Yakezie’s motto is “selflessly helping others”. I have only been on the forums
The picture above might be a bit extreme, but I think a lot of useful nuggets can be ascertained by re-examining the college experience. No, not THAT college experience! But the other aspect of college life that was perfected
As a result of over-indulging last month, I made a more conscious effort to step up my savings for this month. For starters, I ate out much less frequently, and subsisted on eating cheap, energy dense foods such as oatmeal, rice, and pasta. I also took advantage of
As I stated in the previous article, I am still waiting for a pullback before adding to, or initiating any new positions. With that said, here are a few stocks that I am