Archive for January, 2008

Consolidate Accounts and Save Time

Goal: Reduce the number of accounts being tracked in Money
On the front page of Money, I see a list of all my accounts every time I open it. I remember I started with only a few accounts in 2003. Today, I have 40 accounts actively tracked in Money. I think I have way too many [...]

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Carnival of Personal Finance #137

My article, New Year Goals for 2008 is posted on Carnival Of Personal Finance #137.

Monday, January 28th, 2008

New Year Goals for 2008

2008 will be an exciting year. It will be a year full of opportunities and challenges. I see opportunities in picking up good stocks in the stock market, another rental property in the beaten real estate market, finding a new job, getting a higher education, and making more money. All these opportunities will not come [...]

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Financial Bookkeeping - Products (Part 1)

We use financial software to track our financial accounts and transactions. There are many programs created to serve this purpose. The two most popular ones are Microsoft Money and Intuit’s Quicken. I use Microsoft Money. It came with my computer a long time ago and I have been using it since.
There are also alternatives to [...]

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Oil Prices Hit Record $100 a Barrel

Oil Prices touched $100 a barrel today on the first trading day of the new year. The market tanked today from the weak manufacturing reports. There are many talks about an upcoming recession. The market certainly does not look good right now, and the dollar is still very weak.
I realized most of my losses in [...]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008