The U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision upheld the central tenant of most state’s municipal bond tax policy, specifically that a state can exempt it’s own muni bonds from taxes while taxing the interest on other state’s muni bonds. So, nothing changes from before. If you live in California, the only way to avoid [...]
Great Stock Fund Re-Opened
One of my favorite mutual funds is the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (DODGX). It’s performance is virtually flawless for its purpose (large cap stock). This isn’t some flashy hey-look-at-me mutual fund. In fact, this is exactly the kind of fund that people started questioning during the Internet bubble, and that is [...]
The Fidelity Investment Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card is an intriguing offer with a generous 1.5% cash back offer and the standard 1 point per $1 rewards program. Details inside.
Recently, a client explained to me how he thought gold was a good investment and protection against inflation. I’m not going to talk today about if he is right or wrong. Instead, I’ll mention that his fabulous do it yourself investment solution was Fidelity’s Gold Fund. Good call? Well, it came as quite a shock [...]
Ok, I’ve stopped daily updates about selling our own home. Truth is, there just isn’t that much action in real estate to justify daily postings. However, today we have 3 showings scheduled, so that is very good news. We haven’t got much in the way of feedback. One of the downsides about selling your home [...]
Waiting 1 day for every $100 an item costs can help control big spending impulses. If you have more trouble with letting those “little things” pile up into a big thing, then this cash system might work for you.
I’ve become obsessed with themes in Wordpress. Nothing seems to be exactly what I want, although there are a lot of great themes out there. Currently I’m using this grid based theme (see credit in footer). I’ve been hacking at it for a while now, and I’m not sure it looks as good as the [...]
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