Last month when I increased my farm’s value, I wrote that it was “the easiest $2,500 I’ve ever made.” I just held onto an investment and the market did the rest :0) By the end of April I was so ecstatic to find my net worth has climbed by $5,200 in just one month 😀 Well just when it… Read More »
Last week I went to a free info event for bloggers about how to market and brand themselves. It was organized by Connecting Bloggers and Brands. For me there are always 3 big takeaways from these kinds of events. 1) Learning. They had bright people from successful bloggers to public relation experts at corporations like Telus and Microsoft there to… Read More »
April was a pretty eventful month financially. Gold had a big correction but has regained some of its loss now. Many companies which I own shares in such as Apple and Suncor reported their quarterly earnings. Most were good news 😉 Precious metals and other commodities were cheaper in April due to slower than anticipated growth in Asia. Canada’s… Read More »
Tomorrow the much anticipated Iron Man 3 movie comes out in North America 😀 I can’t wait to see it! Other movies I’m looking forward to this summer are Star Trek Into Darkness, Man of Steel, World War Z, Pacific Rim, and The Wolverine. What movie are you excited for this year? The film industry is a very… Read More »
I have good news and bad news! The good news is I bought another farm yay 😀 The bad news is I have to find a way to raise another $25,000 by the end of July for the down payment or I lose my $17,250 deposit forever (O_O) Would anyone be interested to buy some short term, securitized… Read More »
The Pew Research Center released an interesting study recently. They looked at the change in average net worth in the US during the economic recovery from 2009 to 2011 and found out that despite America’s households growing their net worth by 14% during this time, the vast majority of Americans actually saw declines to their wealth. This is… Read More »