About me

My Recent Purchases on Cheap Stuff

Posted by Sun on December 17, 2006 (10) Comment

I have posted a lot of deals in the past month or so time that I felt were good for a little amount of money. Actually, not just I think those are good buys, I bought most of them myself as well. Here's a list of my recent purchases:

Canon PC160 Personal Copier, $5 AMIR (after [...]

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My Mutual Fund Portfolio

Posted by Sun on December 8, 2006 (9) Comment

Yesterday, when I was visiting InvestorTrip, I was asked what mutual funds I hold. Actually, my mutual fund portfolio currently has 12 holdings, all of them are actively managed funds. The reason I don't have any index funds in my taxable account is that when I started investing in mutual funds, I didn't really expect [...]

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Year-to-Date Net Worth Change by Category and Passive Income Update

Posted by Sun on December 6, 2006 (8) Comment

From what happened to our net worth so far this year, 2006 will turn out to be a great year, though we still have one month to go.  Compared to what we had when 2006 began, our net worth at the end of November has increased nearly 44%. Unless the stock markets take a big [...]

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Welcome Readers from AllFinancialMatters and All Other Places

Posted by Sun on December 3, 2006 (0) Comment

JLP at AllFinancialMatters today named this Diary the Blog of the Week. It's nice to be recognized by a successful blogger in the personal finance arena.
If you are a new reader coming from AllFinancialMatters (as well as all other places), I welcome you to the Diary and hope you enjoy your stay. A good [...]

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November 2006 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on December 2, 2006 (2) Comment

I used to summarize our monthly expenses before calculating the net worth, but last month I was a little behind in recording all the expenses. Fortunately, we paid most of the charges with credit cards, so I am not worried too much about missing transactions. In addition, I was eager to see how we did [...]

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