Learn about investing.

Getting a job in financial services has taught me a lot but a bear market still plays with my emotions.

A man that I worked for trades stocks online for a couple hours a day and he’s a millionaire. He has a castle in Scotland, a house in Germany, a house in England, and a house here in the US. He has tons of books that I’ve been reading and he tells me all about what he does but it’s really confusing…

a bit of research on this and it’s gotten to the point where I’m just procrastinating because I’m just not big on risk taking. I need to stop stalling and start putting my research to good use.

Need to pay my bills on time, first. I’m so bad when it comes to money…..

a long-term (as in don’t want to do it yet!!) goal.

::e-raspberry::

and I am still none the wiser…!

Just a vague knowledge would do! Not sure I have any kind of plan for this goal at all though!!

about this a bit earlier in the week. I didn’t know how he’d take it – we don’t talk about much at all. But he was a stockbroker for a long time and I wanted to glean some basic information. He was pretty receptive and I’m glad I summoned up the courage.

I discovered that my job offers a free basic finance/ investing class. I plan on taking that when it is offered next, which I believe is in January.

I will start reading books on Investing in stocks and mutual funds to gain a getter understanding. Once I have saved a significant amount of dollars I will start to invest for the future!!!!

Larry’s our Financial Planner… We have been following his plan for debt reduction, retirement planning, and investments for just over a year. So far, our money-market acct has earned a few hundred dollars- not much, but hey, we didn’t lose any…Our IRAs have also earned a wee bit as well… My credit card debt is down significantly and will be paid off in December! ...Found out that those blasted student loans don’t affect our debt to income ratio (woo-hoo!)... He also schooled us on leasing automobiles. Unfortunately, hubby’s Escalade dream was shot down after we learned about “residual value”; the Volvo has a pretty high residual (woo-hoo!)... We’re on an aggressive savings plan for the baby-to-be and should have about 5K when he/she is born…I feel pretty good about our financial situation right now. Once I start working, it will get better & we’ll be able to get those Pergo floors & other home additions that should increase the market value of our home…