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How Much Did You Spend Over Thanksgiving Weekend?

Posted on November 27, 2005 // 11 Comments

I haven't eaten out and shopped this much in a 4-day span in my life. Multiple Outlet Malls. Multiple fancy seafood restaurants. I don't know the totals, but I'm sure it's over $500. According to this IBD article 'Thanksgiving take totals $28 … [Read the rest]

Last updated: October 10, 2011

Sorry

Posted on November 26, 2005 // 4 Comments

To all the people being dragged to all the outlet stores and shopping malls within a 100 mile radius this weekend... Sorry. I'll be the guy keeping a spot in line while various women pile items in my sore arms. … [Read the rest]

Last updated: November 26, 2005

Thanks

Posted on November 24, 2005 // 2 Comments

I have countless things to be thankful for today. One of them is you - the readers. Not only have I learned a lot from y'all, but having readers helps me blog, and blogging has helped push me towards my new career path. And then there's the … [Read the rest]

Last updated: November 24, 2005

Giving In To The Credit Cards

Posted on November 23, 2005 // 8 Comments

(Typing quietly while the parents are still asleep, shh...) I've decided to take advantage of two recent credit card offers: 1) The Citi Professional Card for it's 3% back on restaurants, $100 bonus, and save-able 0% balance transfer, and 2) … [Read the rest]

Last updated: March 13, 2014

Buying T-Bills: Can’t Back Out After Rate Announcement

Posted on November 22, 2005 // 10 Comments

One bad thing about purchasing Treasury Bills at TreasuryDirect is that you don't know the exact return of the T-Bill before you buy it. An interesting idea around this was presented by commenter Dan when I first posted about buying T-Bills: You … [Read the rest]

Last updated: August 5, 2006

XBOX 360 Flipping: Failure

Posted on November 22, 2005 // 14 Comments

I failed in my Xbox 360 flipping mission. Apparently people are just crazy over this Xbox thing. I went at 6:45am (store opened at 7), and the people who camped out had already gotten the vouchers and wanted to sell me one for $1,000. Madness. … [Read the rest]

Last updated: August 5, 2006

Carnival Time!

Posted on November 21, 2005 // Leave a Comment

This week's Carnival of Debt Reduction #10 is up at Boston Gal's Open Wallet, and the Carnival of Personal Finance #23 is up at Frugal For Life! … [Read the rest]

Last updated: December 29, 2014

If You’re Gonna Buy Online, Get Cash Back

Posted on November 20, 2005 // 9 Comments

Oh, the smell of wallets opening is in the air. My parents have already directed me to find the most direct route to the nearest outlet malls. I'm so sad that I will be forced into the writhing frantic mass that is Black Friday shoppers. I like … [Read the rest]

Last updated: December 29, 2014

Xbox 360 Flipping

Posted on November 19, 2005 // 11 Comments

I don't even play video games, but I am going to try and buy an Xbox 360 early on my way to the airport before my parents' flight lands since it coincides with the official release date. I used to flip gadgets in college, so why not start doing it … [Read the rest]

Last updated: August 9, 2018

How Treasury Bill Auctions Work

Posted on November 19, 2005 // 4 Comments

Reader Dan pointed out an interesting (well, kind of) research article [pdf] that, amongst other things, explains how Treasury auctions work. As stated on the Treasury Direct site, you can buy T-Bills through either a competitive or non-competitive … [Read the rest]

Last updated: November 22, 2015

Treasury Bills Adjust For Holidays

Posted on November 18, 2005 // 3 Comments

Treasury Bills are usually issued on the same day each week, making it easy to re-invest T-Bills at maturity. Someone brought up a good point - what if that day is a holiday? Reader Dan pointed out that the Treasury already thought of that, and … [Read the rest]

Last updated: October 6, 2011

30 Days to Becoming a Better Investor

Posted on November 18, 2005 // 1 Comment

When I started out this blog, I thought I'd be talking a lot about how to value stocks, technical analysis, and so forth. It turns out so far I've just put all my retirement money on autopilot in low-cost Vanguard index funds. But once I buy my … [Read the rest]

Last updated: August 5, 2006
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