Tax time is getting closer! I actually enjoy doing my taxes and find it a fun challenge to make sure we’re taking advantage of all the tax savings strategies available to us.
I’m almost done collecting tax papers according to my organized list. I’m now ready to start entering my data. Usually I use either TaxCut or TaxWise when [...]

Posted February 7, 2008 in Taxes | 3 Comments »

This week the Carnival of Personal Finance is at Paid Twice. Jaimie has teamed up with Lynnae at Being Frugal for a Superbowl Showdown in the Festival of Frugality.
My post Investment Snowflaking was an MVP in the Superbowl themed carnival. (An editor’s pick!)
To add to the fun, you can vote for your favorite MVP, including [...]

Posted February 6, 2008 in Carnivals | 1 Comment »

I just went over our net worth change for January. Now let’s look at how the site did in January. The good news is that the results are much better than our portfolio performance! Thanks to all of you for reading, leaving your comments and linking to my articles.
Site Statistics
Since January was the second full month, I can now make [...]

Posted February 5, 2008 in Blogging, Dollar Plan News | 7 Comments »

Our portfolio declined by 3.7% for the month of January. The total percent increase since the beginning of our dollar plan is 1010.9%.

Factors
Since the total market was down in January, so is our portfolio as we use a total market approach to investing. As always, 2 plans in our portfolio have not reported results yet. I have updated [...]

Posted February 4, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 9 Comments »

Today is a special day for a friend of mine. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day they go out for a special date for Groundhog Day. It’s a great idea to avoid the crowds and save some money since many of the restaurants raise their prices for the special Valentine’s Day menu.
I hope the Groundhog announces spring is [...]

Posted February 2, 2008 in Roundups | 5 Comments »