RSS Email

Archive for October, 2008

Can’t Retire Because the Market Dropped? Too Bad!

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Retirement money needed within the next five years should NEVER be in the stock market. Any money needed for any reason at all within the next five years should NEVER be in the stock market.
I’m sorry, but I can’t watch any more ’sad’ stories on the news about people who suddenly can’t retire because the [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Investing, Rants by Eden

---

• Welcome to Finance and Fat

  Writing about my real life experience as I work to get out of debt and lose weight. Read more...

  Send questions, comments, or tips to:
  

  • Follow me on Twitter
  • My StumbleUpon page

• Most Popular Posts

  • Live Below Your Means
  • 17 Tips to Cut Calories at Subway
  • Charge Yourself Exorbitant Bank Fees
  • Remembering Why I Never Want Another Credit Card
  • Should you be afraid of your debit card?

• Recent Posts

  • Credit Card Debt Finally Under 5 Figures
  • Common Sense Economics Book Review
  • Weekly Web Favorites: Christmas is Over Edition
  • Why I'm Done With Big Banks
  • Weekly Web Favorites- Blog Carnival Edition

• Recommended Reading (Books)

  Finance:

• The Richest Man in Babylon
• Your Money or Your Life
• Financial Peace Revisited
• The Total Money Makeover
• The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class
• The Millionaire Next Door

Food:

• Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

Health & Fitness:

• Eating For Life
• Body for Life

Productivity & Work:

• It's All Too Much
• The 4-Hour Workweek

• My Credit Card Debt

  • Credit card debt (start): $25,559.82

    $9,776.07

• Weight Loss Goals

  • Starting weight: 266 pounds, Sept 2007
    Current weight: 261 pounds, Nov 17, 2008
    Goal (set Nov 5, 2008): 244 by Dec 31, 2008

    Go to my weight, BMI, and body fat tracking page

Affiliates

•  
•  
•  

• Monthly Archives

  • January 2009 (1)
  • December 2008 (9)
  • November 2008 (9)
  • October 2008 (1)
  • September 2008 (7)
  • August 2008 (1)
  • July 2008 (9)
  • June 2008 (1)
  • May 2008 (2)
  • April 2008 (6)
  • March 2008 (6)
  • February 2008 (7)
  • January 2008 (15)
  • December 2007 (13)
  • November 2007 (38)
  • October 2007 (31)
  • September 2007 (4)

• Categories

  • About (6)
  • Administrative (3)
  • Books (2)
  • Budgeting (5)
  • Consumerism (2)
  • Credit Cards (10)
  • Deals (2)
  • Debt (12)
  • Emergency fund (5)
  • Fat (22)
  • Finance (16)
  • Food (7)
  • Frugality (15)
  • Get Out of Debt Series (10)
  • Goals (13)
  • Investing (4)
  • Life (13)
  • Marathon (2)
  • Monthly Report (3)
  • Rants (3)
  • Reflecting on Stupidity (2)
  • Reviews (2)
  • Saving (7)
  • Spending (14)
  • Web Favorites (32)
  • Weekly Weigh-in (35)



• Blog Stuff

  •  RSS Subscription
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • Buy the Zen Habits Handbook for Life

• Favorite Sites

  • 43 Folders
  • Consumerism Commentary
  • Early Retirement Extreme
  • Free Money Finance
  • Free Money Finance
  • Get Fit Slowly
  • Get Rich Slowly
  • Lifehacker
  • Mighty Bargain Hunter
  • Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis
  • Small Notebook
  • The Digerati Life
  • The Disciplined Investor
  • The Simple Dollar
  • Unclutterer
  • Zen Habits

• Resources

  • Bonfire of the Brands
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Google Finance
  • Market Watch
  • PFblogs.org
  • Wesabe Groups
  • Yahoo! Finance



• I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I’ve invented. — Buckminster Fuller

© 2007 - 2009 FinanceAndFat.com All Rights Reserved | Contact me: financeandfat [at] gmail [dot] com | Powered by WordPress

Disclaimer: I am not an accountant, stock broker, financial advisor, lawyer, doctor, or dietician. This site is purely my opinion. Follow it at your own risk. But I hope I have something to say that will help you out.