2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

June 2, 2010

May 2010 Net Worth Update (-$23, 287)

Finally the market started waking up to reality and equities pretty much sank the entire month sinking our net worth along with it. We put a good chunk of cash to work this month scooping up perhaps a bit too...
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June 4, 2010

Mattress Shopping Tip

Last October my wife and bought a new mattress. We had been sleeping on my wife's full-sized mattress that was nearly 20 years old and were desperately needing a bigger, more comfortable mattress. We ended up purchasing a pillow...
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June 7, 2010

New Look @ 2million's Personal Finance Blog

Im excited to roll out a long overdue new look for 2millionblog.com! This has been on our to do list for over 2 years (the previous look was only meant to be a transition) and the new layout is finally...
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June 10, 2010

How To Save Money

Here are my 5 best ideas on how just about anyone in the US can make some extra money today: Cancel Your Cable Television - Follow the 12% of Americans who are expected to cut their cable television this year....
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June 14, 2010

Investment Performance May 2010 (-8.13%)

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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June 16, 2010

The Cost of Painting Yourself

My wife and I spent the better part of two weekends painting our 2 story foyer. We finally finished the painting this weekend and with the work complete we both still have lingering thoughts about whether it was worth the...
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June 17, 2010

Xbox 360 - A Low Cost Media Extender?

With recent announcements about the Playstation and next generation Xbox it looks like prices have been marked down on Xbox360s in the last 48 hours. Infact both Amazon.com and Walmart.com have the Xbox 360 Arcade Spring 2010 Bundle (with base...
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June 23, 2010

A Snapshot of our Monthly Cash Flow

Back in 2008 I shared a snapshot of our monthly cashflow while we were DINKS on assignment in China. Now that we back in the US, on a single income and our family is bigger, I figure it might be...
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June 29, 2010

Expanding Our Media Center

About a year ago I pieced together a $30 internet TV box that we have been using in lieu of paid cable TV. My wife and I have been very happy with the setup and its paid for itself many...
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