Weekly Recap 3/24

Happy Saturday! Shhh, Stop Shouting!  I went to a wedding last night so I’m a little tired.  This week was spring break for me, so I enjoyed my extra time relaxing and enjoying the weather we were having.  80 degrees in March is unheard of where I live. 

I have been training for a half marathon that takes place in May for the past 4 weeks.  This week my shins started hurting, so I had to rest a few days.  I am hoping I can get back into the groove tomorrow.  This week I ran about 14 miles, and I’m hoping I can make it up to 18 next week.  We will see!

Here are some of my favorite articles from the week.  Happy Reading!

Why I Finally Sold My Apple Stock from My Money Design 

 6 Things You Must Discuss Before You Get Married from Work Save Live

 The Best Financial Lesson I Ever Learned from This That and The MBA

Feedback, Your Compass For Success from Cult of Money

The End of Buy and Hold? from Money Smarts Guide

 

My favorite headlines from the week

-         BATS pulls IPO after trading glitches        

-         Future Iphone may be made out of glass

-         Facebook: Dont reveal you password to snooping employers

 

Markets

Index	Open	Close	%+-
DOW	13,232.62	 13080.73	 –151.89
NASDAQ	3,055.26	 3067.92	 12.66
S&P	1,404.17	 1397.11	 –7.06
OIL	107.15	 106.78	 -.37

 

 Carnivals and Mentions

Thank you to those who hosted this week’s carnivals and mentioned my posts.  It is always an honor to have other blogs share my articles with their readers.  Here is this week’s roundup.

 -           The Round Table at Money Smart Guides

 -           Yakezie Carnival at Tackling our Debt

-            Festival of Frugality at rockbottomt-shirts

-            Weekly Link Round Up at My Canadian Finances

-            Weekly Roundup at Along for the Journey

-            I also guest posted at Life and My Finances 

 

Savings Update

 I have recently paid off my car and refinanced my mortgage, WOOHOO.  But now I have to put that money away.  I figure the best way to commit is by posting a monthly update of my savings balance.  That way all of you can give me a hard time if the balance isn’t growing as expected.  Thanks in advance for the support! I accept all types of encouragement ranging from insults, bullying, and digs in order to meet my savings goal. 

 Starting Balance: $6541

 Monthly Contribution Goal: $500

 Actual Contribution: $2980

 Ending Balance: $9521