The monthly electric bill for August arrived the other day. I usually don’t look too close at the bill, other than to see if it is within the expected $80-$120 range. The bill was unusually high this time at $173. I started looking at the bill to see what had
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August 2021 Update
For the month of August, the DOW was up 388 points. Only a slight gain as investors try to determine how the latest COVID wave will impact economic activity. My investments gained $11,091 for the month. Dividends and interest amounted to $611, with $440 withdrawn to pay bills. Investments sold:
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The other day I received a letter from the MN Dept. of Revenue notifying me of a change to my property tax refund. The adjustment was made because line 32 of my schedule M1NC, federal adjustments, was a positive amount and should have been included as additional income on line
Continue readingWorkplace Age Discrimination
Shortly after I was “released” from my job in electronics manufacturing , AARP came out with an article titled “Workplace Age Discrimination Still Flourishes in America”. At the time of my employment release, I was 57 years old. During my employment, I never experienced any age discrimination. It was only
Continue reading-$10,000 Six Times
I was looking at a year-to-date chart of my investments today. I counted six times where the value of my account dropped by over $10,000. This has occurred over a 3 or 4 day period every 5 or 6 weeks. But, each time the investments have bounced back to a
Continue readingJuly 2021 Update
The DOW has recovered from my last post a few weeks ago. Back then, the DOW was at 33,800. Today it is at 34,838, about 1000 points higher. It was as high as 35,144 on July 26th, but pandemic worries and unemployment concerns have pushed it down. My portfolio gained
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