If you’ve been paying attention, it seems a little sprinkle of doom and gloom, all over again. Rate increases from the Fed to tone down inflation may still happen, leading the time for rate decreases to extend. We’ve also had the debt and credit downgrades causing a tailspin, as well as a less than excitingContinue reading “Further Turmoil – Decisions to Come”
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Another Reason to Hold!
The Fitch downgrade has created an opportunity! Unless you are buying what is currently down from the silly downgrade and less than exciting earnings, take a look elsewhere for yield. Looking into what happens when US debt is downgraded, well, it actually causes the bonds to increase it’s yield so that it keeps people buying.Continue reading “Another Reason to Hold!”
Don’t Worry About A Few Red Days
I wrote my post yesterday, talking about bull runs, green days, and having the courage to hold (hodl) during down market days, weeks, or longer. Well, low and behold, when I posted, it turned to a red day, then the next day, Wednesday the 2nd, and are down again. A big thing to remember isContinue reading “Don’t Worry About A Few Red Days”
What Did We Learn?
Time in the market beats timing the market. My family and I started this investing journey in February 2021. With the bleak outlook from the Pandemic, to the incredibly high inflation that has not been felt since the 80’s, we were constantly looking at numbers in the red. That journey was tough. It’s incredibly hardContinue reading “What Did We Learn?”
Risks I Do Not Regret – Investing
A few years ago, when I first started learning and getting into this financial world, I was overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with information, books, and learning, but nothing was more overwhelming than overcoming that fear of the market. Some of us are born with families that are in the market, but most families are not. If yourContinue reading “Risks I Do Not Regret – Investing”
How To Get Started Investing
We live in a wonderful time where information is at our fingertips. We have the internet, apps, and the smartphone to run it all from the palm of our hands. You no longer need to call up your broker and pay huge transaction fees, just to buy a few shares. With better access to theContinue reading “How To Get Started Investing”
Something Most People Don’t Understand
Since we’re called Thrifty Investing, we’re going to talk about something within the investing and financial world that most people don’t understand, The Economy. What do we really know about the economy? Obviously if you are an economist, you know a bit more about this subject, but what about the rest of us? We watchContinue reading “Something Most People Don’t Understand”
How Often Do I Say No?
These writing prompts are an excellent form of introspect. I would say that I rarely say no to anything that may help myself and my family achieve our goals. We have been on the same page regarding our retirement as well as our investing goals, so there isn’t much room to say no. We putContinue reading “How Often Do I Say No?”
Top 3 Financial Books I’ve Enjoyed So Far
It’s been a decent minute since updating this site, but I have been making changes and look forward to keeping it more up to date. Lives get busy, but this is a fun outlet to express what I am learning and possibly help someone else who is learning as well. I have been reading financeContinue reading “Top 3 Financial Books I’ve Enjoyed So Far”
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