November 2018 Savings Update

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “November 2018 Savings Update”

October 2018 Update

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “October 2018 Update”

Gone to Cash…

The equity markets have been more turbulent of late.  As I type, most markets outside the U.S. are around 20% off their highs and the U.S. markets are in a ~10% drawdown.  Today, the NASDAQ is off more than 3%, apparently based on earnings reports from Amazon and Alphabet which were not well received.  I am dropping a quick note during this market turbulence to update on a “tactical” move I made in one of my accounts.  I went to cash… Continue reading “Gone to Cash…”

The Grind is Real: September 2018 (Savings and Investing Diary)

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “The Grind is Real: September 2018 (Savings and Investing Diary)”

I Pick Things Up and Put Them Down: August 2018 (Savings and Investing Diary)

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.   This time, I’m also going to sprinkle in some investing observations and curate some finance media for you. Continue reading “I Pick Things Up and Put Them Down: August 2018 (Savings and Investing Diary)”

Back in the Saddle (Savings Diary)…July 2018

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.   Continue reading “Back in the Saddle (Savings Diary)…July 2018”

I’m Just Saving…June 2018

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back an analyze trends.  I also try to throw in some personal finance observations with each post.   Continue reading “I’m Just Saving…June 2018”

Investing Diary: Macro Trippin’

A little trade war angst has spiced things up a bit in the markets lately.  So…I bought some stuff.  Also, Barron’s had a negative Berkshire article suggesting some dramatic changes for Buffett, complete with recommendations about how to deal with his “cash problem.” Continue reading “Investing Diary: Macro Trippin’”

I’m just saving…May 2018

It is time for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  I hope maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation and allow me to spot trends.  The theory is that if my savings are not behaving as expected, I will drill down and figure out what happened.   Continue reading “I’m just saving…May 2018”

I’m just saving…April 2018

It is time once again, dear reader, for the discussion of my private financial laundry.  I hope maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation and allow me to spot trends.  If you are more interested in investing topics, feel free to move along, as I won’t be discussing my new, huge, Disney/Netflix merger arbitrage position in this post. Continue reading “I’m just saving…April 2018”