Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Here’s an update the post I wrote on Money Magazine’s What to do with $1,000 post (Originally ran November 2011). Their third suggestion was to pick up a few ETF’s (Exchange Traded Funds). 3-Set up a starter portfolio: Here are the stocks they suggest-$300 in Schwab US large-cap […]
Stats & Updates
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Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Here’s my new format for my monthly stats update! I’d love to hear from you! What do you like? What do you hate? What info would you like to see in next month’s update?
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Time for another debt reveal! Please make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel! Here is where I stood in January of 2014: And now January 2015: So I paid off around $24,000 in 1 year. My plan is to apply the payment that I was paying […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Happy New Year! Here are some numbers from December: Readership: Readers in December we had 364 views. That’s crazy low. I love each and every one of my readers so I will be working very hard to increase readership! Twitter followers: 528 Facebook page likes: 235 Side Hustle Income: […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! It’s time to fill out an annual financial statement! I use Rich Dad’s “Where Am I Today?” Financial Statement but there are hundreds of them out there. I want all of us to keep track of where we are each year. Remember if you fail to plan […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! I was cruising through my credit card statement and was curious on what I’ve spent so far this year. It was CRAZY! Since Jan 1, 2014, I’ve spent $46,462.82! Crazy right? Here are the categories (in my Alex Trebek voice-I love Jeopardy!): Merchandise & Supplies: $20,300.99 Travel: […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! This month I will compare all of my numbers and goals from November of 2013! Here are some (late) numbers from November: Readership: Readers in November we had 484 views. That’s down from 511 views in November 2013. I really need to work on that. I’ll also […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Winter is here and I’m SO not ready for it! Shout out to all of my readers. Thanks for stopping by! Time to update my monthly stats and goals! Here are some numbers from October: Readership: In October we had 759 views. That’s down from 1,006 views in […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Goodbye summer! OMG! I think I hate winter. I need to move to a warmer climate-stat! I can’t Thank you enough for reading! And welcome to all of my new readers. Thanks for stopping by! Here are some numbers for September: Readership: In September we had 1,006 […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Time to update your on my post from March of 2013. It went a little something like this… Hello Sophisticated Spenders! I finally put my money where my mouth is! I plan on sticking it to Citi Mortgage by paying my mortgage off early. Now this isn’t a super high […]