Month: June 2017

Vacation Time!

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I wish I could write a post detailing on how I saved a bunch of money on my 5 day NYC vacation, but honestly I’m afraid to look at my credit card balance, lol.

I haven’t had much to post about since, as I already said, I’ve been on vacation; that, and there’s the fact that I’m still waiting for my three free day trades to free up so that I can use them again, so I haven’t been playing around with Robinhood. Ugh, it’s like a drug–I’ve been craving stocks this whole past week. Weird.

Although I did make $13 today from a quick flip of some DCTH trades I’d been holding onto since last Friday. What? Free money is free money 😛

Since I think I’ve gotten enough, I’ll probably go ahead and make the permanent switch over to a cash account rather than Robinhood Instant. ~$750 isn’t a lot to play with, especially considering the 3-5 day wait period necessary for funds to settle before being able to use them again after selling stock off, but I hate having limited day trades. Plus I’m excited to start documenting my 100k Robinhood Challenge!

Well, I guess I already did start it, unofficially, anyway–but that’s beside the point.  Oh, and now that I got to visit NYC? I have an unyielding desire to live there. I knew I had expensive taste, but sheesh. For someone who’s an anxious, neurotic mess, I found the subway system rather soothing, and the crowded streets sort of helped me to take myself out of my head for once.

Okay, I’m rambling.

Talk to you all soon!

AKS

I Made Over $500 with Robinhood in a single week!?

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Yeah. That’s right. Hell, it could have been $750, but I got carried away and went against a very important rule when it comes to stock trading. It was my first time, so I’m not gonna hold it against myself and instead learn from it. But either way, $500 still isn’t anything to sneeze at! Continue reading →

Robinhood, Stock Trading, and a Steep as Hell Learning Curve.

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There’s not much I can say that I know about the stock market except for the age old saying that “what goes up, must come down.” Or, at least, that’s what I’d of said two weeks ago before I downloaded the Robinhood app, finally watched The Wolf of Wall Street, and saw that Amazon just bought out Whole Foods for upwards of 13 billion dollars. Holy shit.

(Also, I’m having some serious doubts about that silly old saying, because honestly? I don’t think Amazon, Google, or even Microsoft will ever crash and burn. At least not within the next millennium. They pretty much own our asses.)

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Game Review: Landlord – Real Estate Tycoon (App)

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logo_title_blogSo recently I finally upgraded my cell phone from an HTC M7 (god rest it’s soul) to a Galaxy S8 because, well, my phone was on the verge of death. Like, for real. I put off getting a new phone for years because I dreaded having to move all 3 of my apps and 12 contacts–I’m that lazy. Regardless, after dropping my 4+ year old phone and actually breaking the screen for the first time in my 10+ years of owning phones, it was time to suck it up and deal with it.

Anyway, having a phone that doesn’t take two full minutes for a webpage to load and can actually hold a charge longer than 3 hours is pretty awesome. So, naturally, I found myself browsing the Google Play store like a kid who just got free reign to buy whatever they want at Toys R Us, where I came across a game called Landlord – Real Estate Tycoon.

It’s free, it’s fun, and it involves real estate. So Obviously, I downloaded it.

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Welcome? I Guess?

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I dunno.

I’m gonna make this first post on this shiny new blog of mine short and sweet.

What it is. Me complaining/rambling/whining/bragging/literally anything else-ing about financial nonsense, be it stocks, savings, insurance, real estate, etc. This is my “road to financial freedom” blog, basically. God, that sounds so dumb. Let’s just… call it my online finance diary (like that’s any better).

What it isn’t. A financial blog that has it’s shit together and is run by a successful individual who knows how to play the game and probably retired at 32.

Posts will probably be super sporadic because I’m (1) a millennial with the worth ethic of a sloth and (2) I don’t have much anything of interest to post about. Yet. Regardless, all of my posts will be 100% honest, straightforward, and unfiltered.

So, yeah. Welcome.

A.K.S.