My mother has chickens at her home. I asked her why she got the chickens and she said it was because eggs were too expensive at the grocery store. Of course, she only wants the organic farm free range well cultured chick eggs and since that variety cost is high she decided that she would…
Category: Money Management
Money Calendars
I have at least a dozen calendars that I manage and half of those are for managing money. I’m going to focus on the money calendars for this post so let’s get started. Bond Calendar The first money calendar is my bond calendar. There are several components to this calendar. First there is the US…
Games (& Investing) For Ages 20 & Up
Do you have young kids? If so, you’re probably aware that kids love to play games. My kids favorite when they were young was Monopoly (Ages 8 and up), Settlers of Katan (10 and up) and lately, Secret Hitler (17 and up). Games & Age Groups My kids didn’t start playing Monopoly right off the…
Buying 5 Year TIPS Bond This Week
The US Treasury will auction off 5 year TIPS bond this week on April 18th and I already put my order to in acquire some for my bond portfolio. The bond is expected to have a real yield above 2 percent and will be inflation protected so it’s a good time to buy especially since…
The Gold Bugs, Like Cicadas, Are Out of Hibernation
In case you didn’t know, billions of cicadas are supposed to be out and about this year and coincidentally so too are gold bugs out touting now is a good time to buy gold! There are also reports that Costco keeps selling out of gold bars in minutes as soon as they go on sale….
Which Investment Broker(s) Do I Use?
Over the course of my career, I’ve collected a cornucopia of brokerage accounts. During that time frame, many of these brokers began buying each other out. For example E-Trade got swallowed up by Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade is now Charles Schwab. Fidelity is probably one broker that hasn’t been swallowed up or changed names over…
Why Are You People Buying Bank CDs?
I really don’t get why people buy bank certificate of deposits where there are many different options out there. The Wall Street Journal had an article entitled, “How High-Yield CDs Turn Into 0.05% When You’re Not Looking” and it boils my blood to see how people get cheated but cheating the customer isn’t something new…
The Best Two Debit Cards for International Travel
I just got back from a week long trip to see my son living in Europe and I wrote about my expenditures here but I didn’t go into detail about a significant challenge I had while traveling from city to city there and how I overcame some of my issues. Payment With Credit & Debit…
The Whopping Costs of Vacationing In Europe!
I just got back from spending Easter in Europe and I am shocked at how much inflation has grown there and the whopping costs of living there. Airfare I was lucky enough to find “cheap” airfare to Europe for $760 but it was only because I have an alert on flash sales setup on my…
Inflation At Home 2024
Inflation is like a boa constrictor that slowly squeezes every nickel and dime out of you but lately it feels like a Titanoboa and we must battle it everyday. I got a bit of a shock early this year with the cost of utilities. Both electricity and water went up far beyond what I was…