From the monthly archives:

June 2007

I went to the Apple store today and saw moneyning.com on the iPhone!  It was pretty exciting and here’s a screenshot.

While I go enjoy the thought that people will be reading my site using the iPhone, here are some articles from our top commentators and carnivals during the past few days.
Top Commentators

J2R talks about why [...]

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My checking account balance yesterday read $4.32.  It was very interesting because it forced me to think of options similar to people that do not have money to spend.  Below are my upcoming expense and income:
 

Expenses
Income

Credit Card Bill: $3739.12
Employment: $2436.49

Rent: $995.00
Expense Check: $1477.39

Expense Total: $4734.12
Income Total: $3913.88

Short: $820.24 that I need by July 1st (tomorrow)
 
Even [...]

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My fiancée finally got her well deserve raise today!  It came out to be a pretty good addition to our income, and we tried to spend it immediately.
 
What I mean is that we started thinking about where to best spend the raise to better build our financial future.  Here’s a list that we came up [...]

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Run Your Own Starbucks

by MoneyNing

We have read countless advices about the benefits to the growth of our net worth by reducing the number trips to Starbucks. Many of these articles assume that the daily trips to these coffee shops are for the sake of convenience. I agree that this is one of the reasons for some of us, but [...]

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I’m very happy to announce that the site reached its first milestone (Authority > 100)!  Ever since changing the domain name to MoneyNing.com on June 2nd of 2007, the site has grown to have a…

Technorati: Authority 102

Alexa: 637,745 (this number is actually a 3-month average so that’s why it is so high, as the [...]

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We received a couple checks last week in the mail.  Take a look at them below.
 

 
This first one is from Wescom Credit Union.  The letter that came with the checks says:

Make your Summer Dreams come true!  Simply endorse this check and deposit it in your account.  There’s no waiting period.  Or, you can also call [...]

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My family went to Costco on Sunday and bought some groceries. The small list of items includes:

Norco Ranch Extra Large Grade AA Eggs (pack of 18)
Foster Farms Fully Cooked Cracked Pepper Wings (5 lbs bag)
Jimmy Dean Croissant Sandwiches (pack of 12)
Romaine Lettuce (a big bag, I’m not a vegetable person so it is too much [...]

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For those that do not have an savings account yet and keep their money in a metal box under their bed, this is not for you.

I just have to share this since this is so cool.

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I was discussing taxes and savings with my co-worker, and one of the topics that came up was how much a dollar saved is actually worth.  In the end, we agreed that saving a dollar is worth much more than earning a dollar since it is after taxes.  We figured that we wouldn’t be able [...]

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This week saw an increase in traffic (thank you!) because of all the carnivals and links from blogs around the world.  Here are two of the more popular stories in case you missed them.

I had so much fun earning $6.20 I really wanted to share with all of you!
My boss really showed me how to [...]

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After sharing my taxable account portfolio in this post with you a few days ago, here is my Roth IRA portfolio.

Symbol
Shares I Own
% Gained

JOYG
107
16.55%

As you can see, I have 107 shares of Joy Global and nothing else in my Roth IRA account.  This highlights my unconventional way of investing with my Roth IRA money since I [...]

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If you are a long term investor, do not sell right now even though the market (DOW) is down 180 points (at this moment).  You have a long time horizon, you keep buying because you are in it for the long term.  You buy, and buy, and buy, and buy no matter what the market does because [...]

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My car tires had to be changed and rim fixed, so I went to do so last Saturday because the person I knew at the body shop happened to have four tires that fit my car’s rims (some background information and more details on why my tires need to be changed here).
He only charged me [...]

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Today, I received a junk mail from Progressive Direct.  After ripping it up though, I decided to read it (it was tough with since I had to tape the pieces back together), as I thought there might be some information worth mentioning.  Most of it is junk, but here is an excerpt from the letter [...]

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