For the fourth month of 2024, the DOW lost 1990 points. That was a 5% loss for the month. Interest and dividend income was $2828 for the month. Withdrawals for living expenses came to $1559. Overall, my account balance decreased by 2.02% from the prior month. In the past month
Continue readingEbay Buyer Red Flags
I recently had an Ebay buyer that raised a lot of red flags on my scam alert radar. This buyer had sent me a message offering a lower price for an item only a few minutes after it was listed. Against my better judgement, I responded with a higher counteroffer.
Continue reading2024 Food Budget
In the past few years, we have not gone into a restaurant to sit down and order a meal. This is something that we used to enjoy on special occasions. Now, we order a pizza or go through the drive thru maybe once a month, if we have a discount
Continue readingTilray Stock Down 30% in 5 Days
To hear the media still calling Tilray a meme stock is completely wrong. Meme stocks arose in 2020 and are stocks that are over-hyped by retail investors. The hype usually doesn’t correlate with a company’s financial performance. Tilray may have qualified as a meme stock briefly back in early 2021,
Continue readingMarch 2024 Investing Update
For the third month of 2024, the DOW gained 490 points. That was a 1.25% gain for the month. Interest and dividend income was $2395 for the month. Withdrawals for living expenses came to $1150. Expense spending was back to normal for the month. Overall, my account balance increased by
Continue readingRefurbishing Xbox One Controllers
For a long time now I’ve been looking for items that I could sell on Ebay to make a profit. I recently decided to look for a newer Xbox One controller and went to Shopgoodwill.com to see what I could find. They had numerous controllers, but most were getting bid
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