Archive for June, 2008


New Grads: 29 Money-Smart Tips

Readers recently shared their financial tips for new graduates. Christy summed up a lot of the advice with: Stay out of credit card debt, start saving for retirement now, and live frugally. Here are highlights:

Start saving for your future now! The earlier you start saving the more the wonders of compounding interest will work [...]


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May 2008 Net Worth Update: +1.4%

May is slowly, but surely getting us back on track with our portfolio. Our portfolio increased 1.4% and brings us to 1038% total increase since the beginning of our dollar plan. The all time high for our portfolio was 1069% back in October.

In addition, our year-to-date return is now only -1.7%.

Reflections on my portfolio [...]


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