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From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 26, 2008 at 2:02 am ET
Today was my "Investment Tuesday" at Sharebuilder.com, and I used $300 from my money market fund to purchase an additional 4.2111 shares of my international fund, the iShares MSCI Europe, Asia, and Far East Index ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 24, 2008 at 1:44 pm ET
Tea is an important thing in my family. Tea at my grandparent's house was a daily occurrence when I was younger, and even now I am known as something of a teetotaler, or rather ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 23, 2008 at 12:40 am ET
-Part 1- -Part2- -Part 3-Now that I have covered the reasons to invest and reviewed the different types of investments, in this installment of "Investing for the Absolute Beginner" I will go over ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 22, 2008 at 12:54 am ET
As the readership of SeeMeGetRich.com increases, it is as important as ever to me that I serve the needs and interests of my readers. This is your chance to provide me with any feedback ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 21, 2008 at 3:39 pm ET
Shortly after college graduation I had a modest line of credit debt that I used a low APR credit card balance transfer to pay down. After transfer fees, I really didn’t save that much ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 21, 2008 at 4:55 am ET
In part one of my series "Investing for the Absolute Beginner" I discussed the reasons one should invest money rather than merely save money. The primary reason is the potential for greater returns on ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 20, 2008 at 2:18 am ET
Why invest your money? Everyone knows that saving money is a good thing, but why ought one not only save but also invest one's money? After all, banks pay interest on savings accounts, ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 19, 2008 at 6:23 pm ET
This is a sticky post of Zachary's SeeMeGetRich.com retirement portfolio. Check back regularly and see Zachary...get rich!Roth IRA:EFA (Euro-Asia Index ETF): 9.2381 @ $68.43 = $632.16IWM (Russell 2000 Index ETF): 9.7119 @ $66.17 = ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 19, 2008 at 3:39 pm ET
Google Finance has been linking to SeeMeGetRich.com for the past few days, so I would like to officially welcome Google Finance readers to SeeMeGetRich.com. Here you will find information on long-term retirement investing via ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 17, 2008 at 9:10 pm ET
One of my readers' favorite features on SeeMeGetRich.com is my ongoing series on investment metaphors. Whenever I find a seemingly unrelated topic that can serve as a useful analogy for personal finance or investing, ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 17, 2008 at 4:42 pm ET
As I indicated in yesterday's post about my favorite individual stock picks, I had been debating whether I should put some of my money in individual stocks because of the recent market downturn. One ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 17, 2008 at 4:18 am ET
The recent market downturn has got me thinking about taking the plunge into investing in individual stocks for the first time. Of course, I am a champion of index fund investing, so individual stock ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 16, 2008 at 5:36 am ET
On television lately I have seen several commercials encouraging people to buy gold now as a way to safeguard one's portfolio against uncertain economic forecasts. (For a hilarious spoof on these commercials, click here.) ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 14, 2008 at 2:18 pm ET
For the long-term investor with decades until his or her retirement, a continual market downturn, like the one we have been experiencing for the past couple of months, is cause to rejoice. While many ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 12, 2008 at 6:21 pm ET
A common search string that is used to find my website is the phrase "Best ETF for Roth IRA". In service to those readers who are searching for the simplest long-term Roth IRA portfolio ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 6, 2008 at 1:02 pm ET
Believe it or not, there is nothing interesting happening today in my own financial realm. I am anxiously awaiting my tax refund, but that should take a few more days yet. So in ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 28, 2008 at 2:37 pm ET
Only two things are certain in life: death and taxes, or so they say. Hopefully the first one will be a while off, but tax season is immediately upon me. Tax season got ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 25, 2008 at 2:14 pm ET
My wife and I were in San Francisco this weekend visiting with a couple old friends. We stayed at the JW Marriott just off Union Square. Since we were all planning to share ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 19, 2008 at 2:07 pm ET
You regular readers may have noticed a significant lag-time since my last posting. Since I find it tacky and irrelevant to linger on this with a lengthy apology, you may consider this brief paragraph ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 29, 2008 at 1:24 pm ET
I have reached that crucial time of year during which I must decide whether to apply for yet another year of student loans while I finish up my Ph.D. Relatively speaking, of course, I ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 14, 2007 at 12:16 am ET
For those of who who do not already know this about me, I am a Ham Radio operator. Yes, I am one of those geeky guys with the big radio (You know what they ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogDecember 1, 2007 at 3:24 pm ET
It's time for another update on my retirement account balances. Even though money has been a little tighter without the community college teaching income this semester, I am still making good progress with my ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 19, 2007 at 8:56 pm ET
I just received a notification email that my online brokerage Sharebuilder.com has been acquired by ING Direct as of November 15. It will be interesting to see what emerges as Sharebuilder and ING Direct ... ( more)
From See Me Get Rich - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 19, 2007 at 2:20 pm ET
Here is an account of my cumulative dividend payments to date. Nice and healthy increases this time around!Roth IRA Dividends:iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM):03/29/07: ($0.64)07/05/07: ($0.86)10/01/07: ($1.58)S&P 500 Index "Spiders" ETF (SPY):04/30/07: ($1.27)07/31/07: ... ( more)
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