State of the Stash – November

Hello people! It has been a minute. If you missed my mediocre content, I’m sorry. I’ve been buried with work (and 2020). But I’m back baby (just like value stonks and Bitcoin)! Let’s go ahead and crack the seal, on the monthly update to my personal finance and investing journal.

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State of the Stash – August

It is time for another update to my monthly personal finance journal. The stock market continued to rally strongly in August. While my portfolio did not keep up with the stock market, my balances continued (modestly) to increase.

Read Along

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Quarter

Time for a quick update on the “Fun Fund” for the first quarter of 2020. As a reminder, this is just a Roth IRA where I am planning to track my active investments/performance. As you may be able to infer from the title of this post, this quarter could have gone better.

Schadenfreude?

State of the Stash – February 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My goal is that by maintaining a journal of my savings, I will provide enhanced motivation to save.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “State of the Stash – February 2019”

The State of the Stash – January 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry (I am actually a few weeks late on this one).  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 State of the Stash – January 2019”

Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning: Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt

I have decided to modify the Podcast/Media curation series of posts to focus on resources and media that I want to catalogue here to assemble for our future reference.  I am creating a separate post category for these “Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning” posts.  Over time, I will pull in my prior posts on podcasts, presentations, articles, and books to help us quickly find the post/links.  This time, I’m going to share a couple of videos and related thoughts, concerning Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt. Continue reading “Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning: Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt”

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”

Good Things…

This is another in my series of media curation posts.  Hopefully you are enjoying these podcasts and other finance-related content.  This week, I have another new podcast and we venture back into the world of REITs and real estate. Continue reading “Good Things…”