Archive for January, 2007
Friday, January 5th, 2007
Washington Mutual Is Winning Me Over
I’ve ranted enough about really bad companies but I’m raving about something good today. Ever since WAMU began offering their 5% High Yield Online Savings account, I’ve been giving them a much closer look and they’ve won me over. What really put me over was the fact that they’ve opened up three new branches within [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Raves by RichSlick
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
E-Trade Sucks
I am so pissed off right now that I’ve decided to close my e-trade account. Over the past two months I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend with e-trade. There is a 10+ minute delay in getting my order through and the delay ALWAYS works against my favor. I placed a buy-write trade for 200 shares [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Rants by RichSlick
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
The Role of Government & Taxation
As 2006 year ended and 2007 begins I’m seeing a lot of PF Blogger post tips, tricks and ideas for avoiding paying taxes. As usual, I see a lot of complaints about paying taxes too but I hope everyone understands that taxation actually has a function. I never thought I’d write a post defending government [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Financial Safety by RichSlick
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
I Spent $3000 Dining Last Year
Yesterday I shared with you that I spent $7350 on Energy related expenses and today I’ll share with you that I spent $3000 dining out (mostly breakfast & lunch). So between Energy & Dining (which could be considered energy too) I spent $10,350. I’m pretty amazed by a few things. 1. I had thought that [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Money Management by RichSlick
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
I Spent $7,350 on Energy Last Year
I began using Quicken 2007 about midway through the year last year and I’ve been running some reports to see where my money went. I don’t spend too much time looking at every category but a few that always intrigue me are Energy, Healthcare & Dining. It seems last year I spent approximately $3,316 on [...]