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Checking Market Quotes. Preparing To Vomit.

Posted by Sean | November 29, 2008 .

I stopped by my broker’s office on Monday to enable options on the "maniac" account. I did not add it at account creation… efficient markets, all that jazz. Now, after everything that has happened this year, besides wanting maximum flexibility, I had one very short-term reason… buy deep out-of-the-money calls on GOOG. I’ve been thinking [...]

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PFblogs vs. PFmagazines

Posted by Sean | November 28, 2008 .

Reflecting on the most useful sources of financial information, I’m re-realizing that not all "pfblogs" are blogs per se. Many are, or try to be, more like magazines ("pfmags"). As such, they take on the weaknesses of tradional magazines.
Why I find myself looking towards pfblogs over pfmags, IMO:
pfmags - the content must fit the format
pfblogs [...]

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Be Careful: Pre-Paying For Private Grade Schools

Posted by Sean | November 28, 2008 .

A friend had a scary story the other day…
His daughter’s private grade school offered a big pre-pay discount. Long story short, they might not re-open next year! I gather that everyone knew things were tight, but… they had charity auctions, and surely enough other families would prepay their tuition, right? Maybe not. I don’t know [...]

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I Just Saved an EASY $23/Month on Phone & DSL

Posted by Sean | November 28, 2008 .

Chopping away at the month expenses…
DSL / Internet - we had the 2nd highest of four tiers @ $30 per month. (At signup, the top two plans included a decent rebate and free hardware.) Here’s the thing… there is virtually no difference between the 2nd & 3rd levels. It’s one of those “I’m special” expenses, [...]

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Personal Finance… when you are dead tired!

Posted by Sean | November 27, 2008 .

Baby is sleeping. She does not do that nearly often enough!
To say we are tired is an understatement. We are having the time of our lives, but we are NOT having the sleep of our lives. I’m so tired, I’m actually energized, somehow. Well, most of the time. (There is a weird hazy [...]

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Crazy Dreams About… Stock Market Charts

Posted by Sean | November 16, 2008 .

I feel silly for sharing, but I’m okay with my silliness.
I had a dream the other day… about the stock market.
Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, I was able to capture it. Not immediately, but nearly.

"Weird. Had (my first?) stock dream. Dreamed we went from Dow 8000 to Dow 7000 to Dow 8000 in [...]

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GoogleTrends: Uptick in Searches for Deflation

Posted by Sean | November 15, 2008 .

Interest in deflation has picked up since I started reading about it, asking about it, rambling about it.

However, deflation doesn’t have the mindshare like inflation.

Although maybe some people don’t know deflation by name?
i.e. "negative inflation" ???
In related news, Hyundai Sonata was $16K OTD, now $15K OTD…
update - deflation makes an appearance on The Simple Dollar?!?

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On Twitter, I Think…

Posted by Sean | November 13, 2008 .

I’m decluttering the little random pieces of my financial mind…
news, research, quotes, predictions, dreams, etc.
http://twitter.com/framblings

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What It Felt Like To Buy Stocks In October 2008

Posted by Sean | November 11, 2008 .

photo credit: azrainman
Reflections on last month, as I (belatedly) get ready for November.
When you look at old stock charts, you see the dips and say, “wow, it would have been cool to buy at that time.” In reality, it does not feel cool. At least not for me, not yet.
I’m working on it.
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Hiding Out From The Personal Finance Fun Police

Posted by Sean | November 11, 2008 .

photo credit: Siemar
SingleGuyMoney had an interesting post about how he wanted to take his teenage sister to the mall for possible “splurging” shopping. Particularly interesting quote:
“I know alot of personal finance bloggers will disagree with me but I think it is okay to splurge (within reason) every now and then.”
SGM is taking care of [...]

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