Sabrina’s Money Madness

I know that sounds silly but I don’t have the extra cash right now to invest in the stock market. There are some great bargains out there right now that I would love to get in on. The problem is that I only have a small amount of cash to invest every month. I know […]

I only have 5 short and sweet resolutions this year. I should make them all and they shouldn’t be that hard to keep.

Savings - $2700. Not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things but I don’t have any money in savings right now. This should be fairly easy to make.
Bills - $650 […]

Today is the annual shareholders meeting for the company that I work for. I own shares in my 401k so I was eligible to go. When the invitations came out, I didn’t think to order one as I didn’t think I would be interested in going. Now that the day is here, I’m interested to […]

Not doing a swan dive, but I’m going to tip-toe around the edge of the stock market. I’m going to start slowly reinvesting money to my stock accounts. I never stopped contributing to my 401k but I also don’t invest as much as I should be. My raise was really low this year so I […]

I wasn’t expecting a big raise and I sure didn’t get one! It wasn’t a surprise though. I work in banking and they had already told us that the 2009 raises would be significantly lower than 2008. I wanted to increase my 401k by 1% this year but once I saw that my raise barely […]

I have some money to invest and I just don’t feel like now is the right time. Of course it’s not a lot of money but I still want the market to smooth out. I know that’s asking a lot but for the market to be down over 300 points one day and then rise […]

I don’t know if you would actually call it a “style”. I just buy what feels right. I’ve made some dog picks and some great picks but who hasn’t.
Contrary to popular personal finance wisdom, I don’t like mutual funds. At all. I have them in an old IRA and of course my 401(k) because I […]

I used to watch these shows but now they just depress me. I don’t have as much as I *should* have. When you take into account my age and salary, I’m way behind the curve. I know I shouldn’t compare myself to other people because well life happens. Some things were beyond my control and […]

I have stock in several companies. 1 company I have send me the dividends instead of reinvesting them. I know conventional wisdom says to reinvest dividends but I don’t follow that advice. I work in banking and that company is also in banking. The majority of my portfolio is in the banking sector. So I […]

I’m still buying stock even in this topsy-turvy market. You know the old mantra “buy low-sell high”? That’s what I’m hoping to do. I just wish I had more money to add to send right now while the prices are so low.
I thought I had only bought 6 shares last year. But I got my […]

Every so often, I go online and run a retirement calculator to see where I stand. The numbers absolutely scare me. I am so far behind it’s not even funny. According to the calculators I can probably retire when I’m 70. lolol.
I should be getting a raise within the next 3 months so I can […]

I don’t really have enough money to invest at this point. But I always keep my eyes out for companies that I think have the potential for growth. Right now I’m sick and the majority of the cold meds that I’m taking are all made by the same company. One of the first investing principles […]