Noted

A Stroll Through My Blogroll

Here are a few of my favorite posts from my fellow members of the Money Blog Network – All Financial Matters writes about the 10 highest-yielding stocks of the Dow. Blueprint suggests that Blu-Ray will defeat HD-DVD.  (I recently purchased an HDTV, but I’m waiting to purchase a high-definition DVD player.) Flexo has a cool article about the new presidential…

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Retirement

Fully-Funded My Roth IRA For 2008

I sent a check to my brokerage today, fully-funding my Roth IRA for 2008.  Even though I have until April of 2009 to fully-fund my Roth, I’ve decided to move in while the market is down and buy some shares of VTI, a total market ETF. My friend Jim from Blueprint For Financial Prosperity has an excellent article about buying…

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Goals, Motivation, Noted

The Power Of Having A Plan – And Knowing When To Ask For Help

My dad and I are watching the BCS Championship.  He’s been at the house all day, installing a set of doors for the baby’s room.  Tomorrow, we’re going to finish the playhouse!  (Longtime readers will remember that I started building a playhouse for my daughter last spring.  I completed about 85% of the playhouse, but then I got ‘stuck’.  Frankly,…

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