Weekly Recap 4/14

I am happy it’s the weekend.  This week was a bit long.  One of my good friends of over 20 years lost his mom this week.  It was very unexpected, she was only in her late 50’s.  I have the honor of being a pall-bearer at her funeral.  It is going to be a tough day though.  I can only say that it helps knowing she’s in a better place with the Lord. 

I hope everyone has a great week, and I hope I wasnt too much of a Debbie downer.

 

 

Here are a few of my favorite posts for the week. 

Should I Sell My Wife’s Wedding Ring at Work Save Live – Wait until his wife reads that post!

Is A Business Degree A Waste at Making Sense of Cents – I read the article that she’s talking about, and I am glad to hear it isn’t true.

My First Childhood Exposure To Gambling at Modest Money

Worst Money Advice Ever at Step Away From The Mall

3 Deadly Traits of Indecision at Street Smart Finance

Start Off On The Right Foot at Add Vodka

Prepare For High Inflation at On Target Coach

 

My favorite headlines from the week

-         Google’s stock split raises questions – I was quite surprised to read that Google is planning to split its stock.  They are doing this to preserve the % of voting shares of the owners.  The new shares that Google will have won’t be voting shares, and will have a separate ticker.  These tech guys don’t like people telling them how to run their companies I guess.   

 

Markets

Index	Open	Close	%+-
DOW	13,060.14	 12,849.59	 -210.55
NASDAQ	3,080.50	3,011.33	 -69.17
S&P	1,398.08	 1,370.26	 -27.82
OIL	103.30	 102.839996	-.46

 

 Savings Update

I figure the best way to commit to saving is by posting a monthly update of my savings contribution.  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. 

Monthly Contribution Goal: $500

Actual Contribution: $