A 52 – WEEK SAVINGS PLAN SO SIMPLE EVEN I DID IT!

Thursday night I was driving to the store (Ok it was a Bundt Cake Store- I lost momentary control!) and heard on the radio several Federal Prison Guards talking about the hardship of this partial government shutdown.  The inability to pay for gas, many single officers sleeping at the prison to save gas money. One guard in tears saying he and his wife discussed what could they afford to buy for their ...

Read More

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DEMONSTRATES WHY EMERGENCY SAVINGS IS NOT A WANT BUT AN ESSENTIAL NEED!

The partial government shutdown, which began Dec. 22, 2018, has stretched well into 2019 and may continue for weeks or months given the two parties inability to negotiate and behave like middle grade children. About 420,000 "essential" employees are working without pay, while another 380,000 have been ordered to stay home. In some cases, the furloughs have forced government employees to tap into their savings, apply for unemployment, add to their ...

Read More

WEALTHY FOLKS BENEFIT FROM DOLLAR COST AVERAGING – WHY DON’T YOU?

To take advantage of ups and downs in the price of stocks, many investors, including myself, utilize Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) as a strategy. DOLLAR COST AVERAGING: is an automated and disciplined investment strategy. It removes emotions from the investment process because you are investing a fixed amount of money at set periods. As the price of an ETF, Mutual Fund, or stock varies from month to month, you acquire the ...

Read More

BUYING EQUITIES ON SALE!

So you are thinking about buying a new car?  Year-end sales are coming in a few weeks and the car manufacturers will discount thousands of dollars and offer zero interest.  Do you buy at today’s full price or wait?  Personally, I wait for sale prices for clothes, electronics, vehicles, equities, etc.  The stock market gives you sale prices when the market corrects and drops a few percentage points.  This is ...

Read More

BUYING CRAP IS BAD FOR YOUR WALLET!

SAVE MORE BY SPENDING LESS STOP Buying Crap This is your first step to accumulating wealth.  I went to my basement last week and I saw boxes and bags of crap!!  All that crap, cost money.  And it’s just sitting there!.  My garage, same problem.So let me define crap.  Useless stuff you do NOT NEED/WANT! Let’s look at how much we can spend, annually on crap:·       Two six packs of beer/week -$625·       Daily ...

Read More