Posts Tagged financial
$70 Lesson
Posted by Andrew Flanagan in Actual Events, Ranting & Ravings on October 26, 2007
Our washer machine didn’t work on Monday. I smelled what seemed to be that electrical burning smell and freaked out. This week has been BUSY and although normally I poke and prod dying electronics of all shapes and sizes I broke down immediately in this case and called up the repair people. They came today. Hmm — “Did you realize that the circuit’s off?”. *click* now it works!
What a pain… Ironically, I must mention that my wife TOLD ME to check the circuit box before I called.
Good wife. Bad Andrew.
Hey, at least I’m stimulating the economy!
Investments
Posted by Andrew Flanagan in Actual Events on September 6, 2007
So… it’s been a bad quarter for the markets. However, my emerging markets fund has still been performing relatively well. What does this mean from a market perspective? With so much supposed instability in Asian markets I would have thought that it would take a larger hit… However, here’s what I have:
Emerging Market Fund (USEMX)- QTD: 3.36% YTD: 20.43% Last 12 months: 41.87%
Cornerstone Strategy Fund (USCRX) – QTD: -0.96% YTD: 4.84% Last 12 months: 12.73%
Small Cap Stock Fund (USCAX) – QTD: -4.13% YTD: 5.49% Last 12 months: (not enough data)
I need to get into this more so that I can attempt to make good decisions (or at least feel snotty when I tell people why I’m making decisions). I don’t believe in “beating” the market, but if I can invest in such a way that I can hedge losses that may affect me in other areas I’d be interested. For example, if I’m concerned about massive outsourcing by U.S. high-tech companies (which will affect the entire industry, including my potential earnings) then where should I invest to balance this loss? That sort of thing.
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