Today is a sad, sad day. Down $60 and way below the starting point — almost -20%! Maybe I’ll have some orange juice and cheer myself up.
While I take a breather, check this article out about being money smart and hanging out with people of the same money mindset. Hanging with the money crowd (CNN Money)
Account Value: $812.07
Money: $42.07
Securities: $770.00
You already know what I’ll be doing with it. However, while I’m waiting for my $1000 to come in, here’s an article from Kiplinger.com:
http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2007/08/1000intro.html
http://www.kiplinger.com/php/1000ideas/
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GRAND IDEAS
What $1,000 Can Do
It only takes a grand to make a difference in your portfolio or your life.
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, August 2007
Since the late 1980s, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has been offering readers ideas on how a little bit of money can accomplish a lot: fight poverty, finance an adventure or buy great stocks and funds. We go for a mix of the practical and interesting, and hopefully both.
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So, what can (or would) you do with $1000? Send in your ideas and win some $$$.
