Recent Transactions – Lots of Stuff + MORE

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When should you sell your stocks?
Relatively speaking, there is lots of literature available on what kinds of stocks to buy, but less on when to sell your stocks. This is a shame because properly selling your stocks is just as tricky as properly picking what securities to buy.
1) Deterioration in Fundamentals: By this I mean the negative changes in the economic conditions which contribute to your company’s profitability…

An injury either at work or outside of work can cause a decrease in your earning potential that could be permanent depending on how severely you were hurt. If you are injured, what can you do to ensure that you stay afloat financially? Ask For Debt Settlements Anyone who doesn’t think that they will get …

Overcoming Laziness: How I Saved Money Last Week
Club Thrifty – Stop spending. Start living.Can’t……get……..up
I have a confession to make: working from home is making me woefully sloth-like.  Since I have more time at my disposal, I’ve been using that time to do fun things that make me happy such as:

having hour long conversations with my brother on Facebook
reading
planning future vacations and daydreaming about them
going on long walks with my dog Pablo, the freeloading genius
reading vacation reviews on Trip Advisor (and laughing hysterically at how ridiculous some of them are)

I actually just stared at the wall for at least fifteen minutes…

Packing up and moving my house is a pain! Sorry my blog posts are a little behind on what I am currently up to.  Since I decided to move on with my life and start a new adventure, my life … Continue reading →The post Moving my House appeared first on Financial Black Sheep.

On its surface, envelope budgeting seems like a good idea. That is, until you try it.
Believe me, I’ve tried it. And tried it. And tried it. And every time I’ve tried it, there’s some reason that envelope budgeting doesn’t work for me and my family.
If you’re considering envelope budgeting because you think it’ll help you control your spending, stop going into debt, or meet other financial goals, good for you…

As part of my commitment to keep my readers up to date on my stock portfolio and my options, I write up short posts describing my transactions.  Recently, I sold a few put options and bought a few stocks.  So here we go.  I’m going to rock with the narrative format since it’s fun to write and you guys and gals seemed to enjoy the last one…

Today we welcome back our normal Tuesday contributor, Catherine Alford!
We all have budget drains. You know what I mean: that delicious mocha latte at Starbucks each morning, the expensive gym membership, or the weekly manicure.
Budget drains tend to be the little things that we don’t want to go without, yet they add up in surprising numbers at the end of the year…

I keep seeing articles about how the economy is rebounding. It sure does seem like it is: home sales are rising, people are buying cars, more people are going out to eat and so on.
And I know this personally as well, lately we’ve been feeling the insane need to buy a house right now, but we just need to stop and breathe!
Prices and interest rates keep increasing, but I know that we can’t buy just to buy, especially since we currently have a home right now and don’t really have any real sudden need to buy right now…

The following is a guest post from Gary Dek at Gajizmo. If you’re interested in submitting a guest post, please consult the guest posting guidelines and contact me.
Summer is here and most of you are just counting down the days to your awesome summer vacation in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean or some exotic getaway…