2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

March 1, 2010

February 2010 Net Worth Update (+$14,954)

Assets Jan-10 Feb-10 Change % Cash & Savings $ 17,204.40 $ 17,284.46 $ 80.06 0.47% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 109,096.94 $ 109,288.34 $ 191.39 0.18% Roth IRAs $ 50,856.92 $ 52,909.40 $ 2,052.48 4.04% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 193,999.98...
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March 4, 2010

Unemployment Rate By County for Past 2 Years

Check out this map of unemployment rate by county from Jan2007-Dec 2009. Scary!...
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March 8, 2010

Example of An Investment at Fire Sale Price

If only we could find investments these days like this one Warren Buffet found with NAFI back in 1951. With so much financial information at everyone's fingertips today I think it makes opportunities like this a thing of the past...
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March 9, 2010

Free Priority Club 300 Points

Here's a 5 question survery to earn an extra 300 Priority Club Point points @ http://usa-survey.priorityclub.com/mwpvwj . After answering the questions the points were immediately added to my account. Found via slickdeals....
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March 17, 2010

Stop Acting Rich Book Review

Back when I was in college a department head gave me a copy of The Millionaire Next Door as a thank-you gift for a project I helped with. This book had a profound effect on me at the time...
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March 19, 2010

Free Download of The Elements of Investing

Here is a link to a free download of The Elements of Investing by Burton Malkiel and Charles Ellis. Both authors have previously written well known investing books including A Random Walk Down Wall Street. I haven't read the...
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March 22, 2010

Investment Performance February 2010 (+2.25%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress...
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