Now that I closed out of my TRXC position after holding it for a year and a half, its time to get back to stock trading and doing it right. I’ll detail the first three trades that I made here, and the techniques I’m using…
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Mortgage Before Investments
Pay off the mortgage or invest your savings in the market? If there was ever a ninja vs. pirate debate in the FIRE community it’s this one. My foray into the debate is inspired by another article on the subject posted on a blog called Their…
The $109,000 Hair Cut
I’m a little unusual for a guy. Rather than go to a walk-in barbershop and getting assigned a random barber to cut my hair, I’ve seen the same barber/stylist for the last 30 years. My dad brought me in to see her when I was…
Let the Trading Begin
The clouds have cleared and the great weight is lifted. The worry is gone and bright days are ahead. I’m not talking about the weather, but my own mentality. What is making me so happy? I finally closed out my largest stock position. I had…
Getting Rich Refinishing Furniture
A key part of getting ahead is never resting on your laurels. Now that the bathroom is done its time that I start focusing on improving myself by picking up another skill – preferably one that actually makes me money. As it just so happens,…
Bathroom Remodeling – Complete!
Its been a while since I last wrote anything about the bathroom remodel, but I can happily report that it is finally finished. We completed building the walls, mudding the corners, and putting in the vinyl plank flooring about a month ago, which was quickly…
Book Review: Reminisences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre and Jon D. Markman
“There’s nothing new in Wall Street. There can’t be because speculation is as old as the hills. Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again.” Thus opens Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a stock trading book authored by journalist…
Book Review: Why the Rich Are Getting Richer by Robert Kiyosaki
Why the Rich are Getting Richer is the latest book in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, and Kiyosaki continues giving readers nuggets of wisdom distilled from decades of thought about personal finance. Nuggets is an apt metaphor however, because like real gold the reader…
Even God Agrees: You Should Retire Early
That’s right, I said it: Even God thinks that you should retire early. I know what you’re thinking: “Man, I just wanted to learn about early retirement. Why did you need to bring religion into this? We were getting along so well.” I’m sorry, but…
Rental Horror Story #1: Roommate’s Angry Drunken Girlfriend
Well, I just had the worst night of my life. For the last few weeks we’ve sped up work on the house to get it ready in time for when my roommate’s girlfriend came up from Georgia. She arrived in the early afternoon and things…