MyMoneyForestMyMoneyForestMyMoneyForest is primarily a personal finance blog. I also cover topics such as business, investing, real estate, education, job hunting and more. Articles
VISA IPO Could Be Good For Investors
2008-02-26 07:40:00 Many months ago, I wrote about the upcoming Visa IPO. Now with the IPO nearing, it may break all records for U.S. corporations. Reuters is reporting that the IPO may exceed $18 billion! Class A shares will sell for $32-47. There’s not an exact date but IPOhome.com has it listed for March 17th. I would ... More About: Stocks , Good , Investors
Ebooks Generate Cash
2007-11-18 12:33:00 Looking for a way to make some money? Writing your own ebook can be a fairly quick way to score. Electronic books, or ebooks, can be written by anyone with expertise on a subject and are normally sold exclusively online. Ebooks cover a wide variety of topics such as dog care, video game strategies, personal ... More About: Cash
Mini Stock Preview
2007-11-17 08:20:00 Jack In The Box, Inc. is looking good! So is Garmin Ltd, which is up near it’s all-time high. However, Fannie Mae is slippin like a dog on ice. Friday, Fannie Mae hit a 10-year low! Stay up on the movements of your stocks! Technorati Tags: mymoneyforest, stocks, jack in the box, garmin, ... More About: Stocks , Preview , Stock , Mini
Home Depot Profits Down 13 cents
2007-11-13 19:47:00 Home Depot reported $1.1 billion in net profits or $0.60 per share which is $0.13 per share lower than last year. This is likely in part because of the decline of the housing market. Net sales at Home Depot are down by 3.5%. In the short term this stock is likely to continue to suffer. ... More About: Stocks , Home , Cents , Profits , Home Depot
Personal Finance Blog Posts
2007-11-13 01:02:00 Here are a few personal finance blog posts that have caught my eye. Enjoy! My Money Blog has 100 Business Ideas Blueprint for Financial Prosperity says you are a business! Boston Gal helps you clarify what is income and what is net worth. Find 9 Tips to a great retirement on Free Money Finance Thanks for visiting My Money Forest! ... More About: Personal , Personal Finance , Posts
Visa IPO Could Make History
2007-11-11 12:52:00 If Visa Inc. is lucky their Initial Public Offering (IPO) could raise $10 billion. According to the Associated Press, this would be the second highest IPO in history. Visa is the largest credit network in the U.S. Visa processes over $1 trillion more than Mastercard which already had a successful IPO. Visa stock is certainly ... More About: History , Stocks , Make
Will Facebook Monetization Work?
2007-11-08 03:49:00 Facebook, the second largest social networking site, has unveiled a 3-part strategy to monetize their site. First, they will allow advertisers to create free pages on the site and add friends. Second, when one of your friends buys a product an ad will run on your page saying “Bob Smith bought [product X]” along with ... More About: Business , Work , Facebook , Monetization
International Fight League Stocks Is A Blackhole
2007-07-16 07:15:00 The IFL, or Intern ational Fight League , is a mixed martial arts organization, similar to the UFC. It is a publicly traded company, but it’s stock is quickly dying. The number 1 problem - massive financial losses. The company is not even close to being profitable. The IFL pits fighters against each other in events similar ... More About: Stocks
Personal Finance Anthology
2007-06-29 02:11:00 Here are a few articles that recently caught my eye: JLP at AllFinan cialMatters asks - “Is it a good idea to spend down principal during retirement?” The Mighty Bargain Hunter discusses joint savings accounts. You need financial planning software - according to Mapgirl. Here’s one of the oddest personal finance questions I’ve ever heard - “Are clothes a part ... More About: Personal , Personal Finance , Finance , Persona
Warren Buffett, Darfur and A Failing Vonage
2007-04-18 20:28:00 Warren Buffett will be confronting critics of his investments in Sudan, which may be supporting the genocide in Darfur. In other news, Vonage , which was found to have infringed on 3 Verizon patents, may be filing for bankruptcy. More bad news for already depressed investors. Technorati Tags: money, investing, personal finance, ... More About: Warren Buffett , Warren , War
Affiliate Programs Are Profitable But Require Effort
2007-03-27 19:48:00 Affiliate marketing is a well known way to generate revenue on the internet. Google “affiliate marketing” and you get back over 35 million results! And according to Wikipedia, “MarketingSherpa’s research team roughly estimates affiliates worldwide will earn $6.5 billion in bounty and commissions in 2006.” So if that estimate is correct, I’ve earned about 0.000000012% ... More About: Affiliate Programs , Programs , Affiliate , Profit , Affiliate Program
Top 10 Low P/E Ratio Stocks
2007-03-19 19:07:00 What are a few things that make a good stock worth buying? 1) A low P/E ratio. 2) Strong profits. 3) Solid growth. 4) Room to expand. The top-rated stocks provided by Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), on Yahoo! Finance, should provide a solid foundation for your portfolio. What are the Top 10 Stock s ? Marathon Oil United State Steel Tesoro Aluminum Corp. of China Commercial ...
Wal-Mart Bank Idea Canned
2007-03-16 22:45:00 Bankers are generally stiff, cautious, and perhaps stuffy people. At least according to common stereotypes. But when you threaten them, they can apparently get things done. When Wal-Mart was toying with the idea of opening their own bank the Community Bankers Association of Illinois decided to rollback that idea. They helped get legislation through the ... More About: Wal-Mart , Idea , Cann , Bank
A Mere $3,000 To See Robert Kiyosaki Live
2007-03-16 00:12:00 The Rich Dad series is primarily aimed at helping people become better at generating wealth, reducing debt, and increasing financial intelligence. Robe rt T. Kiyosaki has become very wealthy via his books, audiobooks, TV appearances, Yahoo! Finance column and his live seminars. If you need to learn how to invest in real estate or learn more ... More About: Robert Kiyosaki , Live
IKEA Comes To Portland, Oregon
2007-03-15 17:45:00 Good quality, style and a reasonable price tag are usually hard to come by. But not when you’re shopping at Ikea, the Swedish furniture maker. You can get great style and sometimes even better prices than Wal-Mart! For example, Ikea has a dog food bowl for $0.75, a pendant lamp for $8.99, a $44.00 wall cabinet ... More About: Port , Portland , Oregon , Come , Land
First Edition Books Can Be Very Valuable
2007-03-12 17:30:00 Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and The Chronicles of Narnia are all fun books that many of us have enjoyed over the years. But did you know that first editions can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars? Ian Flemming’s book Casino Royale is valued in the range of £15,000 and £20,000 (BBC)! Bibliophiles rejoice! ... More About: Books , Book , Edit , First , Edition
Missed Opportunity Or Not?
2007-03-09 17:25:00 I signed up for ReviewMe.com when they first launched their business. I only did one review and that was an intro to the site itself. Since then I’ve had 3 offers for reviews. I’ve passed on all three. I would have made over $100 from the 3 reviews. But there is so much negativity about ... More About: Port , Opportunity , Miss , Unity , Unit
FIG: Fortress Investment Group
2007-03-07 17:30:13 I posted a preview of the Fortress Invest ment Group (FIG) IPO two days before they went public. The expected IPO price was $17.50 but the final IPO price was $18.50 and shares quickly rose. On the day of the initial public offering, February 9th, the shares topped out at $31! Following some profit taking, the ... More About: Men , Vest
About To Get Stomped In The Blog Madness Bracket
2007-03-07 17:30:13 The Money Blog Site has set up a personal finance blog bracket. Apparently people vote on their favorites and whoever makes it to the finals presumably wins something. I must have missed the post where people chose which blogs should be in the bracket but somehow My Money Forest made it. My Money Forest versus ... More About: About , Rack , Ness , Madness
Sogo Invest A Good Alternative To Sharebuilder
2007-03-07 17:30:13 I came across a low-cost stock broker that I’d never heard of before. It’s called Sogo Invest . Like other more well known companies, Sogo Invest is a deep discount broker. Unlike others such as Share builder, you can do real-time trading for less. If you’ve followed my blog much over the last year you’ve noticed how Sharebuilder ... More About: Alternative , Vest , Good
Looking For Prosper.com Friends
2007-03-07 17:30:13 I’ve been registered on Prosper .com for a while now but I have not taken action to lend or borrow money. I feel the need to change that. I applied to join a group today. It says I’ll be accepted quickly, we’ll see. As I was editing my profile I noticed I have no friends. Since ... More About: Friends , Friend , King , Ends
Americans For Fairness In Lending
2007-03-07 17:30:13 This Tuesday, March 6th, will mark the launch of a new PR campaign for America ns For Fair ness In Lending. AFFIL is a new alliance of the nation?s leading consumer, civil rights, faith-based, non-partisan and grassroots organizations concerned about American s overburdened by high-cost consumer debt. I found an interesting article on their site. It’s a list of the ... More About: Ending , Ness
Considering Joining The Military? (Part 1)
2007-02-27 23:26:04 My girlfriend and I are both veterans and have both been deployed to Iraq. So I’d like to share a little information for those people who may be interested in joining the military after high school, during college, or just to serve the country. First of all, we are both Army vets so I can’t ... More About: Military , Join , Ring , Part , Side
Book Giveaway Modification
2007-02-27 11:25:01 Since no one has sent me a link to a post on their blog… How about this…simply comment on this blog post and I’ll choose 3 winners at random. That might be easier. Give away Book s: Debt Is Slavery by Michael Mihalik The Boglehead?s Guide to Investing Credit Scores, Credit Cards Thank you in advance for participating! (someone ... More About: Cat , Away , Modification
Friends Floundering In Debt
2007-02-25 23:23:01 Remember my article about Quixtar? My girlfriend’s cousin tried to get us involved in that. “I’m going to be retired by December,” she said. Uh huh. Their plan to get rich with Quixtar flopped worse than Ben Affleck’s movie Gigli. Not only did they not make any money, they wasted quite a bit trying to ... More About: Friends , Friend , Ring , Debt , Ends
1-Year Anniversary Giveaway!
2007-02-24 05:20:06 On March 1st, my blog will be 1-year old! To celebrate I want to do an easy and fun personal finance book giveaway. Give away Books: Debt Is Slavery by Michael Mihalik The Boglehead’s Guide to Investing Credit Scores, Credit Cards How do you win? Send me a link to one article on your blog/website (send to: tmoon77-at-gmail). I will ... More About: Anniversary , Away , Year
Mysterious Charges Unveiled
2007-02-23 17:19:04 Yesterday, I mentioned that my girlfriend had noticed charges to her account that were from a company she didn’t know about. Today, she went to the bank and asked them about it. Apparently, the company is affiliated with Wells Fargo and provides ID theft protection. She canceled the protection service. It was an outrageous fee ... More About: Charge , Mysterious , Teri , Veil , Char
Mysterious Charges Show Up
2007-02-21 23:17:03 My girlfriend and I both frequently check our checking accounts online to make sure all debit purchases and checks clear properly and there are no mistakes. Recently, my girlfriend noticed a mysterious charge on her account for $12.99 for an ID Theft Protection service. I called the number for the company and they claim to ... More About: Show , Charge , Mysterious , Teri , Char
Vongo Versus Netflix
2007-02-21 23:17:03 In March 2006 I first wrote about Vongo as a new way to potentially save money on movie rentals. At the time it didn’t seem to be very competitive with Netflix which I’m very fond of. Almost a year later, I’m not sure Vongo has caught up much. Vongo Movie Rentals Vongo costs $9.99 per month ... More About: Flix , Versus
Debt Is Slavery - A Book Review
More articles from this author:2007-02-21 05:15:01 Michael Mihalik, author of Debt Is Slavery , learned the hard way that having debt is bad and can cause a lot of stress. Those credit card purchases catch up quickly! The nice people at Author Marketing Experts, Inc. sent me a copy of Michael’s book to review. The one thing I can already tell about ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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