I took a couple months off to read more trading and investment books and work on my trading algorithm. One the biggest issue I face is mindset. The quest for perfection was putting a real dent in my trading. It was resulting in me not trading my plan. The fact that I was not trading … [Read more…]
My current investing thesis revolves around no-load mutual funds. While I like doing research of individual stock for investment, it can be a bit time consuming. In my 401k, I only have mutual funds and have found picking them and re-balancing with mutual funds to be easier and less time consuming. As such for the … [Read more…]
We are currently in a student loan crisis as mentioned in a previous post. We have student loans approaching 1 TRILLION dollar$ and rising. I recommended that more students should consider going the STATE College route to lower their costs because usually there are descent State College that are significantly cheaper than Private Colleges. I know … [Read more…]
We are currently in a student loan crisis. We have student loans approaching 1 TRILLION dollar$ and rising. Even though the economy has improved, too many students are graduating with “mortgages” but not getting jobs with wages to support the payments on these loans and the ability to move ahead in life: buying houses, cars … [Read more…]
We went to Boston-New York-Siesta key for one for our summer trips. We went to Boston to visit family, so we did not have time for much sightseeing. On our way to Siesta key we stopped in New York for a week. We did a ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty, visited the INTREPID … [Read more…]
We did a road trip to Toronto – Niagara Falls – Boston – Savannah – Siesta Key. It took us about 2 1/2 weeks to complete the whole journey. We have never been to the Appalachia m Mountains so we took the scenic route from Orlando To Toronto via the Appalachian mountains. It was a … [Read more…]
Disclaimer: I am not and investment adviser and neither do I play one on TV. Please do your own due diligence. I am always looking for new investment ideas and the current one I have stumbled upon are data center REITs. If you are addicted to your smartphone, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram then you … [Read more…]
We went on our first cruise for our anniversary last year. We went on a 3 day/2 night cruise on Royal Caribbean to the Bahamas: Nassau and Coco Cay; Royal Caribbean’s private island. We had a great time. The ship wasn’t one their newer ships but it was spacious with great amenities. It had a … [Read more…]
I paid off my student loans within 6 years of leaving graduate school. I owed about $28k which was not bad for someone graduating with two degrees in engineering. I decided when I left school that I wold throw as much money as I could afford at my student loans. I didn’t want a $28k … [Read more…]
====Disclaimer: I am not an investment adviser nor do I play one on TV so please do not take this as investment advice and do your own due diligence. ==== I stupidly started investing in my 401k in my early 30s instead of my 20s. I missed out of almost 10 years of compound interest. … [Read more…]