From the Archives: John D. Rockefeller, The Dow Theory, and Tulip Mania

Profiles in Personal Finance: John D. Rockefeller -John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller believed since he was a child that his purpose in life was to make as much money as possible, and then use it wisely to improve the lot of mankind.
The Dow Theory - The Dow theory has [...]

February 2008 Net Worth Snapshot

Despite a significant market drop on the last day of the month, we still managed a small amount of positive growth for the month of February.  We pay our mortgage bi-weekly, and this was a month where one of the extra half-payments was paid directly into the principle.  We put the surplus cash we had [...]