Muahahaha, I have finally received my credit from sharebuilder for opening an account making a trade. The offer was made through a Costco passport coupon booklet for $65 for gold members and (I believe) $85 for executive members. Since I opened the account I have been making regular contributions to my brokerage account as well as to a Roth IRA I also opened with them. I've heard it said that money that was unearned spends twice as sweet, lol.
In any case I have not been very consistent with my posts (that is a major understatement), but strangely enough it has been from an extreme abundance of material to post. Ironically sorting through everything and giving it a bit of structure has paralyzed my financial scholarly impulses and deprived the public of some sound advice. So for the time being I will say this much my next few posts will include my yearly goals, my yearly budget, and at the end of the year my results. This is going to be interesting.
at some point I will go through some strategies that will limit tax liability, some investment strategies, even financial philosophy (how outre). till then I am headed to bed, bath and beyond (not the store).