From 444express
March 17, 2012 at 10:51 am
I try to get the best bargains possible, and I have better ones to brag about than these, but here are two shirts purchased for the hubs and for one son; grand total including ... (
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From 444express
March 15, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Look at the "Reconstruction Zone," "Roth and Taxables," and "Big Pile of Money" charts on the right. They are at year-to-date highs and I'm very happy with that. The second two ... (
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From 444express
March 14, 2012 at 7:07 pm
$51.00. I should post these every day so that I'll be that much more motivated and will be embarrassed (or saddened, or angered or something) to post losses. I'll probably post ... (
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From 444express
March 13, 2012 at 6:40 pm
I will hereby report back (short and sweet.) Bought a sweet Valentine's day treat for myself back on Feb. 14: Four Wells Fargo $32 April call options for $337.04; sold them today ... (
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From 444express
March 13, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Well, you've heard me tell of the little account that could (the mister's account with $5,500 owed to it, started as $6,500 of borrowed money and now worth $10,769.54.) Today ... (
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From 444express
March 12, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Also, why have you not voted in my poll? It's directly to the right. OK, now that you've agreed to vote in the poll (thanks, by the way), I'll answer my own question.All of our ... (
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From 444express
March 9, 2012 at 11:23 am
I baked a total failure - a flop - a putt-putt, just recently. It wasn't food; it was 2 calls for Alcoa Aluminum with a March expiration date. One was for $10 and one for $11. ... (
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From 444express
March 8, 2012 at 7:51 pm
I think I went over this once before but I can't find it, so let me sketch it out again. Give the mister a high-five (five thousand, that is.) Starting in October, he borrowed ... (
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From 444express
March 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
"The Green Tea Blizzard dessert is the number-one seller in China." Um... no thanks.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-08/buffett-s-dairy-queen-expands-in-china.html A great ... (
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From 444express
March 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm
The mister sold a put yesterday and bought it to close today and rang the register for $122 profit. I plan to sell something today even if it's only for $10, so I'll report back ... (
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From 444express
March 7, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Embarrassing as it is to say, a year and a quarter ago I was 165.5 and today I am 153.5. Yes, I like to take my time, apparently. Before anyone snarkily diagnoses me as being ... (
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From 444express
March 6, 2012 at 2:49 pm
My only closing transaction today was to buy back a put I sold on Feb. 9. On that day, Diamond Foods had some negative press and I took advantage of the situation to sell two ... (
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From 444express
March 5, 2012 at 2:27 pm
In case you are not up to speed, both the mister and I got serious about our "side jobs" around the beginning of the year. Long-time followers will know that we like to maintain ... (
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From 444express
March 4, 2012 at 11:13 am
New for the beginning of this month: $1,988.26 in pay; $824.49 paid to charge cards (half of that was gasoline!); $2,344.74 to recurring bills detailed as follows: $1,527.58 to ... (
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From 444express
March 1, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Does everyone like to keep up with the non-financial happenings here? A vital member of the mister's band quit around the first of the year and the mister has decided to be the ... (
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From 444express
February 27, 2012 at 2:16 pm
First the bad:Mister 1:15 pm I drank all that coffee and then drank a green tea and then got held up in construction traffic on way hereMe: 1:15 pm uh oh... this sounds like ... (
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From 444express
February 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Heh heh - sorry. It's just a proven fact that positive-sounding titles like my previous one ("A Great Update Today") garner far fewer visits and reactions than negative-sounding ... (
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From 444express
February 24, 2012 at 10:06 am
Gail made a very interesting post today, and you have to read it to understand where my commentary is coming from.It's fashionable to say that you grew up poor; poorer; worse off ... (
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From 444express
February 23, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Sorry, once I adopt an annoying phrase I just don't drop it. Plus, I love to think of:And I also like to hope that my performance will be: and I'm going to keep posting those ... (
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From 444express
February 20, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Take a look at what the mister has been up to. It seems like everyone is bored by details so I'll just copy the totals. This does not even account for any of his open positions ... (
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From 444express
February 19, 2012 at 11:18 am
New for today: $125.49 extra income (dental reimbursement); $19.72 interest charged to credit card balances; $87.00 paid from checking to AP testing fees; $120.90 to reduce credit ... (
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From 444express
February 18, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Does anyone remember a children's book that proceeded that way throughout? Well, you see the mister celebrating yesterday; then my comments under his post were kind of surly; ... (
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From 444express
February 17, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Sometimes we get it right. Yesterday we got it right with our stock purchasing adventures. We don't have a whole lot to work with - but we are making what we can with what we've ... (
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From 444express
February 14, 2012 at 8:58 pm
And I'm not really into flowers unless they are growing outside, so look what I got!It's supposed to be a honey badger - even if you have to use your imagination a little bit. ... (
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From 444express
February 13, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Feb. 8th: $335Feb. 15th: $23$23 is not as impressive as $335 but it's money all the same, so it goes into my report for today.Those are the gains (locked in, closed out, cash-in-the-bank) ... (
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