J.C.’s Money Blog

Oh man, now that I am back in the States, I can feed my bad habit of watching the Suze Orman Show on CNBC. Her advice, while generaly very sound financial advice, is completely predictable and she delivers it in the most annoying, obnoxious fashion, which is kind of like listening to someone scratch their [...]

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Here is my portfolio as of US market close Dec 31:

Some comments
I haven’t changed any positions, and my portfolio is still very boring. I would like to use the cash to buy my next individual stock soon, since the market’s dropping off again, and I will have more time to do some due diligence, [...]

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$1,000 is currently my minimum amount for making a stock purchase, because the $7 transaction fee comes to less than 1%, and the potential return or loss on $1,000 is just enough to make me do my due diligence seriously. (Otherwise the return on time is not worth it.)
My rule of money number 1, was [...]

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