2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

June 1, 2011

A Simple Way To Re-Invigorate Yourself at Your Job

Lately I have been feeling a bit run down at work. Some things haven't gone my way in the past several months and I've been in the doldrums about my position in general. Lets just say my feet have been...
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June 6, 2011

American Express Gift Card to Maximize Credit Card Rebate Promotion

To maximize a recent credit card promotion my wife and I each need to spend $2,500 in the first month. Problem is we don't even come close to spending $5,000 with our normal monthly expenses. We have been assessing our...
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June 8, 2011

Amazon Payments to Maximize Credit Card Promotions

We have successfully used Amazon Web Payments thanks to a tip from Joshua (a reader) to transfer $2,000 from my wife's British Airways Visa Signature Credit Card to our bank account with no cost to ensure we hit the $2,500...
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June 15, 2011

May 2011 Net Worth Update (-$236)

Assets Apr-11 May-11 Change % Cash & Savings $ 59,100.67 $ 55,373.16 $ (3,727.51) -6.31% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 167,738.07 $ 167,512.80 $ (225.27) -0.13% Roth IRAs $ 77,934.91 $ 79,451.38 $ 1,516.47 1.95% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 282,711.03...
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June 23, 2011

Investment Performance May 2011 (-1.56%)

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 28, 2011

Back in China for a Business Trip

Its good to get back to China. I'm finally back here for a bit on a business trip. It has been almost 3 years since my wife and I wrapped up our assignment in Shenzhen, China. Time Flies! It is...
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