In a previous post, I gave details of my first online grocery shopping experience. It has been 5 months now and I thought I would post an update. I haven’t gone into a grocery store to buy food since that first time. Our online grocery shopping routine usually starts on
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March Tech Selloff
The stock market has not been nice to tech stocks in the last few weeks. I’ve seen this before and it usually ends badly for all stocks. There are some areas of strength, like basic materials, but those stocks can also come down if the selling continues. I bought a
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In the fall of 2019 I had to estimate my income for 2020 to qualify for health insurance assistance. The estimate I came up with was $19440. That’s about 70% less than my income from the previous year. Unemployment was $8000, dividends and interest gave me another $8000. Ebay sales
Continue readingThe Gamestop Saga
Gamestop has been in the news a lot this past month. A short squeeze drove the stock price up from $17 to over $347 per share in one week. It has settled back to the low 90’s today. Hedge funds have been playing the short game for years. There is
Continue reading2021 Wish List
Everyone has things that they want to buy that are what I would consider “luxury” purchases. Being on a tight budget makes it feel like everything (beyond standard living expenses), is an unobtainable luxury. Shopping for a good deal on auction websites can be frustrating, if you don’t want to
Continue reading2019-2020 Investment Chart
Investing charts can only show what happened in the past. Predicting the impact of future events is difficult, if not impossible. But, it is always interesting to look back and see how your investments did over time. The chart above shows how my investments did over a two year period.
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