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Entries from October 2008

Warren Buffett: Buy American…Stocks.

October 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here’s a New York Times article by Warren Buffett where he explains why he is loading up on American stocks: Buy American.  I Am.  I admit this article is a bit old, but it is still very relevant as is much of the wisdom he espouses

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Tags: Stock

Just Another Manic Monday

October 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
With a European rally and good news coming from the US Treasury, today was another interesting day on Wall Street with some terming it Manic Monday (not to be confused with the delightful Bangles ditty).  Indeed, a lot of records were set, but this time, they were the good kind.
After the worst week in […]

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Tags: News · Stock

What a Week, Part II

October 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Keeping up with the trend of the past month or so, it was another terrible week for the market (stock not grocery of course).
Here’s a few highlights or rather lowlights of this past week:
·        With a loss of 1,871 points (-18.13%), it was by far the worst week of the year for the Dow Jones […]

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Tags: News · Stock

$10 a Day

October 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In these tough times, many people are reining in their expenses and postponing large purchases.  As for me, I think I’m going to bring back my old budgeting rule.  Back when I first started working and didn’t have much money, I embarked on a plan to retain as much of each paycheck as I could.  […]

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Tags: Money Management/Budgeting