Posts from ‘October, 2007’

If you”ve read some of my earlier posts, you probably already know that I have a good amount of disdain (fear?) of any kind of debt. Even good debts can keep you shackled into a lifestyle you may not need or want. Cars can be re-possessed, houses can be foreclosed, and you can lose anything […]

I know what you’re thinking from last Tuesday. “Frank, why is it that you invest primarily in stodgy dividend paying companies, don’t you want to be aggressive because you’re young?” To which I say maybe, but I’m not about to head into the market and speculate all my money away. Instead maybe we should take […]

Let’s face it, there are all sorts of reasons to stay fit and healthy beyond the obvious. A lot of people struggle with exercising on a daily basis or even a few times a week. It’s one of those things that you always know you should do but never really get around to. But if […]

I never really approved of the term “passive” income. When you boil down any particular money making activity at it’s core, none of it is truly passive. The closest thing to passive that I can see is my ING Direct savings account. No research, no re-balancing, I put money in there and more comes out, […]

I was perusing through the usual material over at Yahoo! Finance today, checking up on my stocks, the market, and hoping that Jeremy Siegel may have written another article instead of the usual “gurus.” My hopes were dashed and I didn’t find said article, but I did notice something about “The Middle Class Millionaire, Unable […]