Rockin' On: Money
Blog URL http://rockinonmoney.blogspot.com/
Located London, Ontario Canada
Tags London, Ontario, musings, retirement, finance
Thoughts on saving for, and enjoying, retirement. Maybe full operational by Oct. 1/2009.
Latest Blog Posts
- Chapter One: Be Prepared! on Oct 12, 2009
In December of 2008, only nine days before Christmas, Sun Media chopped 600 jobs. A day or two later Pierre Karl Peladeau (PKP) sent out his annual Christmas message. His Merry Christmas wish was, shall we say, in the PKP tradition of his dysfunction...
- Bernie lost but half his clients won! on Sep 24, 2009
Read my updated take on Bernie Madoff while I work on expanding Rockin' On: Money.Cheers,Rockinon...
- Always invest such that you sleep at night... on Sep 8, 2009
Read the following in The New York Times today: "Mr. Buffett refused to be drawn out on where stocks are headed, but he warned about the dangers of investing with borrowed money, or leverage, which proved disastrous when the crisis hit.As for regrets...
- GM slight of hand...0% becomes 7.2% on Aug 7, 2009 in zero percent financing new car loans
Recently I got a letter from GM/Saturn offering me a deal on a new Saturn Astra. I was sent the letter because I was a long-time GM owner. I was later told that this was GM's way of saying thank you. It turns out that a thank you from GM is as bankru...
- Advice for the Blogger Met at the Blogger Dinner on Aug 6, 2009
Last night there was a blogger dinner in London, Ontario. Once a month local bloggers get together for a face-to-face get together. They swap stories, laugh, share knowledge on how to best set up their personal sites . . .One fellow there was talking...
- Freedom Fund down 71% Puts Mattress Up 345% on Aug 3, 2009 in retirement planning Freedom Funds London Life Freedom 55 Madoff
Coming up is an actual photo, with minimal enhancement, from my June 30, 2009 London Life retirement savings plan statement. It details the results achieved by my Freedom Fund. I won’t say much about this is a plan, a plan marketed to me under the...
- Work Long, Die Early, The Road to Successful Retirement on Jul 23, 2009 in retirement
I read a funny piece by Gordon Powers on MSN Finance. It was entitled: How not to ruin your retirement. As I'm retired, forced out of the workforce last December by a layoff, I was interested. I learned: "the biggest payoff comes from ensuring that y...
