When shipping on Ebay, you get a small discount on shipping costs. But, if you need to ship something on your own, you normally have to pay the retail shipping fee. I needed to ship a 6 Lb package to Texas and decided to get a quote from the US
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June Trades
The DOW was up in early June, but came back down to end the month about the same as where it started. Negative news about the virus weighed down on the markets. I sold my 50 shares of Abbvie (ABBV) when it got to $98.47 for a $1,243.58 gain. I
Continue readingOne Year After Job Loss
One year ago today, the electronics manufacturing company that I worked for took me and a dozen other employees into a conference room and told us that they had lost a large contract, and that our services were no longer needed. I had been working there for 9 years, and
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When it comes to paying household bills, these days I pay everything online. The nice thing about online payments is being able to schedule when a payment is made. When I received my semi-annual car insurance bill recently, I saw there was an option on the insurance company’s website to
Continue readingMay Trades
May 2020 saw the DOW rise by 1660 points. April had a similar gain giving us a two month uptrend. I made a few trades in May. Three of them in my IRA account. With interest rates so low, I moved some money into a consumer staple and a gold
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This month was another roller coaster ride in the stock market. There was some improvement in the middle of the month as Trump’s team used every trick available to prop up the markets. News of States reopening some businesses and people starting to receive their stimulus checks also helped. Early
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