Joining an Investment Club
December 17, 2009
Yesterday we looked at some investment club tips that were personal considerations to think about before joining an investment club. Today my former co-worker looks at the importance of evaluating the investment club itself and a few things to look for. Defined Investment Goals Each member of the group needs to have the same goal […]
Investment Club Tips
December 15, 2009
Investment clubs startup all over the US each year and help thousands of potential investors learn the basics of the stock market. I’ve never joined an investment club but I have a family member and a former co-worker who are investment club members so I asked them to offer a few tips on starting or joining […]
Christmas Shopping Deals on Name Brand Goods
December 14, 2009
Christmas deals on high end items like jewelry, watches, and designer clothes may be easier to find this shopping season. Some luxury brands are starting “private sale” websites where they sell their purses, watches, shoes, clothes, etc in online sample sales, according to a recent New York times article. Luxury items aren’t really my thing but […]
ShareBuilder Promotion on Kids Investment Accounts
December 13, 2009
ShareBuilder Promotion – $25 Stock Gift Offer ShareBuilder is running a promotion for anyone who wants to open a custodial account. If you open an investment account for your kid, ShareBuilder will match the first $25 you deposit into the custodial account. Right after I read about the account bonus offer I saw an interview […]
Lending Money to Family – Reader Struggle
December 11, 2009
Lending money to family and friends is no picnic, just ask Brandon. He’s a reader who left the comments below on the post from earlier this year about lending money to family. “My wife’s family does not have much care when it comes to money. they don’t make very much, have horrible credit, and their kids […]
Year End Tax Planning Tips Follow Up
December 10, 2009
The year end tax tips I posted last month overlooked a few potential tax planning tips. Here they are: Itemized Deductions You may be able to save taxes this year and next by applying a bunching strategy to “miscellaneous” itemized deductions, medical expenses and other itemized deductions. Homebuyer Tax Credit Since the last article the $8,000 first […]
Lending Club Bonus
December 9, 2009
Lending Club is giving away a $64.62 bonus to each person that signs up as a lender on the Lending Club website. Not everyone is comfortable with the peer to peer lending model so Lending Club figured they’d let you try out the process of peer lending by letting you invest without using your own […]
Money Ning
December 8, 2009
Money Ning is the personal finance site I’m highlighting this week, run by David Ning. I don’t remember the first time I visited his site but I do remember at the time not knowing his last name and wondering what in the world a Ning was : ) You may remember David from the Budget Travel […]
How to Set Awesome New Years Resolutions
December 6, 2009
New Years Resolutions Tips Your New Year’s resolutions for 2010 may mean a little more than they have the previous years because you are setting the tone for the next decade of your life. On New Year’s Day 2009 will be over, and along with it a whole decade of your life; makes you stop […]
W-2 Tax Forms 2009
December 4, 2009
W-2 tax forms for your 2009 income taxes will be mailed out by your employers within the next month or two. In my last job we worked closely with many companies sending out tax forms and December and January were extremly busy months as they scrambled to make sure that they had all the correct […]
