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Blog Log – The First Month

Blog Log FI

On 3/23/2020 I decided to start keeping this Blog Log to document how I built my blog.  As of today, Alexa rank is 178,020.  If my site never draws enough traffic to make money, this will become a great guide on what not to do.  I’m hoping, instead, it becomes … Read more

Investment Income Report – Jan 2020

BeyondPennies Monthly Income Report

January was a good month in the market. I booked a gain of $1,029 or 4.7% on my brokerage account. The trades made during January were 75% options trades and 25% stock trades.  I use tastyworks‘s web platform for all of my trades. My most frequently traded equities were $AMD, … Read more

How to Build Your Budget Like a Business

How to Build Your Budget Like a Business

During my career as an accounting and finance leader working for healthcare companies of $50M up to $350M in annual revenue, I built many budgets from scratch.  I’ve followed budget processes that were extremely detailed and tried to take into account every penny of cost, and I built high-level budgets … Read more

3 Primary ETFs for Option Trades

3 Primary ETFs for Option Trades

What is an ETF? An ETF is an Exchange-Traded Fund that investors can buy or sell shares of, much like normal stocks.  Many investors like ETFs because they resemble a “basket of stocks” like mutual funds, so its an easy way to diversify a portfolio.  There are many ETFs to … Read more