Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Net Worth Review
The S&P500 basically traded sideway in July going from 1280.00 to 1267.38, or a -1% decline in value. According to NetworthIQ, my net worth dropped another -2.04% — mostly due to the value of my house. Fortunately, my net investable assets actually went up +1.61%, or from 22.59% to 22.94% of $1 [...]

Before I start the roundup, I just want to share with you two new features on Moolanomy…as well as reacquaint you with some of the older ones.

Personal Finance Directory (new) — I changed the old deals and special offers page into this interactive directory where you can rate and comment on the offers I listed. [...]

Some of you may know that Lending Club has been in the quiet period for a while now. But Lending Club is still alive and well as could be seen by The PF Challenge game recently released on Facebook. If you have a chance, I’d encourage you to check it out and feel [...]

Last night I came across a site that talks about the power of referral; specifically word of mouth. For example, you like Moolanomy so you recommend it to three of your friends, then they turn around and do the same to three other friends. Awareness about this blog could spread to over a [...]

Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Snowflaking. If you’re not familiar with the term snowflaking, here’s the definition:
Snowflaking is the concept of using small amounts of savings or earnings above and beyond our normal budget to meet our financial goals. A spinoff of the Ramsey Snowball concept, this can be used [...]

It’s hard to believe that I have been blogging about personal finance for one full year. Overall, I have to say that it’s a success in many ways. Specifically, I was able to meet the three goals I had set for myself at the beginning:

To learn more about financial concepts and improve my [...]

News and Highlights

Brip Blap – I’d like to congratulate Steve at Brip Blap. His blog just reach the 1 year anniversary milestone — a fantastic accomplishment.
eFinPLAN — I will announce the winner of 1-year eFinPLAN financial planning software subscription giveaway on July 15th. To enter, please subscribe to my blog via RSS feed [...]

Wow, time flies when you are having a great time. I was hoping to share our family vacation story yesterday, but I was busy putting together the Money Hacks Carnival #19 due to a last minute problem with the carnival host. In short, the vacation was excellent considering we have a 2.5 years [...]

My family is going on a vacation for a few days. We’re going as far south as Virginia Beach on this trip and I look forward to see the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and neighboring area. I will be resuming my normal schedule by July 14th. I wish everyone a happy and safe [...]

Net Worth Review
Wow, June was a terrible month for stock investors. Bad economy, Midwest flood, inflation, high oil price, among other factors added up to an -8.6% drop for the S&P500 — from 1400.38 to 1280.00! According to NetworthIQ, my net worth went down -3.04% — mostly due to my retirement and stock investments, [...]