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Monday, February 14th, 2005
It’s really annoying when sites like The New York Times and CBS Marketwatch make you register before being allowed to enter their site and be presented with ads (and occassionally read some content).
Above are the slogans of BugMeNot.com, which stores and shares generic logins and passwords that everyone can use so you don’t have to endure any more junk mail than you already get. Check it out! Hopefully sites will get the hint and we won’t need it anymore. Also available as a Firefox extension.
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
In addition to the many good books out there, you can get a pretty decent grasp of the investing world just by surfing around a bit. Many big sites have in-depth mini-universities. There is a lot of overlap and the some of the advice is pretty generic, but I still use them as resources whenever a question pops up. Here are a few:
CNN Money 101
Kiplinger.com Basics: Tutorials
SmartMoney University (My overall favorite)
MSN Money Decision Center
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Monday, December 27th, 2004
Wasn’t Die Hard a great movie? It’s even got a Christmas theme =). I can’t remember a single thing about the sequels though… Anyways! Diehards.org is a forum for people to discuss mutual funds, more specifically Vanguard mutual funds but not exclusively. The forum is a bit tedious to wade through, with tons of posts and little organization. However, the people there are very nice (even to newbies) and each have their own interesting spin on mutual funds and asset allocation strategies. Supposedly Mr. Bogle himself stops by occassionally. Here are some of the more interesting threads that I came across:
“The Intelligent Asset Allocator by Wm. Bernst” by 3515duck
“My Asset Allocation Plan” by Robin
“Newbie portfolio comments appreciated” by ramesh
“Single Target Retirement Fund in an IRA” by Arenal
Yippie Ky Yay…
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
Now that I have a rough goal to achieve of $1,500,000, I need a way to chart my progress. My favorite tool for this is Yodlee OnCenter. It is a site that aggregates all of your logins and passwords for different accounts, such as bank accounts, brokerage, 401ks, loans, and credit cards. It even keeps up with all your frequent flyer miles and various other points. It can tally up all your assets, subtract all your liablities, and show you your net worth on a daily basis. Try it out, it’s well organized, free, and I use it every day!
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