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February 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
I can’t believe we even manged to post a small gain for February, after the brutal Tuesday when we lost nearly $16,000 on paper. The gain, a mere $431.87, was largely due to the annual bonus my wife received this month. My decision to sell a mutual fund early this month also helped in reducing [...]
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My Best
Early last week, FMF at Free Money Finance announced his own version of “March Madness,” competition of best posts from personal finance bloggers. I thought it’s a great idea to get a chance to read what other bloggers consider their best articles. Also since I have been writing on this Dairy for 6 months, it’s [...]
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Amazon Sale Update: People Just Like to Shop with Amazon, even at a Higher Price
It has been a while since I made last sale on Amazon.com. Not because I emptied my inventory (in fact, I had quite a few left from last year’s shopping spree), I simply forgot to list them. Then yesterday, I finally got time to check what I have in the closet and put 6 items [...]
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January 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
Since I started tracking the monthly changes of our nest egg in last August, January 2007 was the first month that I saw a dip in our taxable investment accounts (accounts that are not tax deferred), though not by much.
On January 31st, we have a total of $466,658 in our various savings and investment accounts. [...]
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2006 Passive Income Update
Yesterday, I got the last statement that concerns our 2006 passive income. It was from TreasuryDirect for our investment in 4-week T-Bills. Early in the week, I also received a statement from Buffalo Fund and it turned out that they also distributed capital gains in 2006. For us, we received about $827 in distribution.
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