By Bruce Kroeze, on May 8th, 2007
In my third year of successful (25% or greater profit) stock-picking, I thought it was time to add a sidebar widget to show my current investments.
On the right you’ll see where I am currently invested. Most of them are International ETFs and all but one have been making double digit gains for years. . . . → Read More: New feature, My Stocks
By Bruce Kroeze, on May 14th, 2006
As a new feature, I’m going to begin tracking my investments "In the open." It is a good time to do so, since I’m about to rollover a 401K into an IRA, and I’m starting a new 401K at my new job. This month, I’ll just set the baseline, the interesting bit will be next month. . . . → Read More: Investment Performance May 2006
By Bruce Kroeze, on April 23rd, 2006
Last year was the first year I’ve ever managed to pay myself first! Almost every book tells you to do that, to take a certain percent of your income and sock it away before you pay the rest of your billsI spent much of this lovely Portland day doing my books. . . . → Read More: Paid myself first
By Bruce Kroeze, on January 25th, 2006
A few days ago I posted that I made a 21% after-tax profit from my investment/speculation account. I pay a lot of attention to that account, of course, and deliberately do not pay as much attention to my Roth IRA. I prefer a “buy-and-hold” approach in that account. Interestingly, that strategy paid off even . . . → Read More: My Roth IRA gained 26.57% last year
By Bruce Kroeze, on January 23rd, 2006
The PMI Group has released its Q4 2005 report on the housing market, with some interesting statistics.
First, despite all the talk of housing bubbles, the risk doesn’t seem that severe for most of the country. This is along the lines of what Greenspan was trying to say when he talked about there being . . . → Read More: Mixed housing price forecast
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