Archive for May, 2007
Post I Enjoyed Last Week
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Matt at Binary Dollar enters the debate of whether renting is a better option than owning. The argument whether over the long-term the appreciation [...]
April 2007 Highlights
In April, I posted 56 articles on this Diary. The number is slightly low than previous months due to busy schedules at work and home. At the end of the month, I feel it’s a good time to look back and see what has happened here at this Diary with a monthly Highlight post. With [...]
Citi Dividend Platinum Card Upgraded to Dividend World MasterCard
Notice in the mail from Citi says that my now little used Citi Dividend Platinum card is being upgraded to Dividend World MasterCard. After the upgrade (well, I don’t expect them to call any change “downgrade” even if it turns for worse like last time what FIA did on Fidelity 529 cards), the card essentially [...]
Around the PF Blogosphere: May 4, 2007
A quite late one for Friday, but here they are:
Free Money Finance uses the rule of 70 instead of 72 to estimate his investment returns.
Five Cents Nickel wonders how everybody keeps tracking their receipts. I just put them in a big envelope that I almost never cleaned up. BTW, Nickel is having a HUGE anniversary [...]
A Half-Millionaire?
When I posted our latest net worth early this week, I didn’t realize that we have kind of reached a milestone until I was reminded by FMF at Free Money Finance. For the first time ever, our net worth (excluding house and cars related items) has passed the $500,000 or half a million mark. Having [...]



