I have been nominated for the LIEBSTER award
by The The Dividend Family Guy. He has made
some great contributions to the blogging community since he started journaling
his family’s progress. I would like to
thank him for accepting his previous nomination from another fellow blogger
Living At Home. The award is designed
for you to answer 5 questions your nominator asks you and then to pass it on by
nominating other bloggers and formulating your own questions.
Here are his questions:
1.
Why is the Sky blue? Good question and one I cannot fully answer
other then I will say I believe God had the authority to make that decision.
- If everyone
knows saving is good and you should not spend more that you make why is
America the way it is? I think it
comes down to people’s wants being prioritized more than their needs. I get it and think it is great to have nice
material possessions, but not at the expense of being a slave to lenders
with debt. People are not being
taught responsibility as well as they should and seem to want more for
less work.
- If you were
an old billionaire (say $10 billion) would how would you split up your
money between family and other things important to you? That is a tough one I’d probably make
sure family is taken care of. I’d
likely donate some income to great charitable organizations as well. A lot of it though would still be
invested I think because I just find a lot of enjoyment in researching
stocks and staying in the game for the long haul. With that amount of money the income it
would throw off would be enough to do a lot of things to help in much
needed areas.
- Is a house a
worth it? I don't see many super frugal people blog about owning one. To most I would say a house is
definitely worth it. The value used
to go only up for a long time.
Lately it has been harder to realize the benefits of it. It takes a lot of work and money to fix
things, but in the end especially if you have a family and kids owning a
home as opposed to renting a apartment is worth it if you can afford to in
my opinion. Condos are not too bad
idea if you can get into the market while prices are depressed.
- How
much time do you research stocks you invest in? Got me with that question. I am constantly researching stocks and
trying to keep up to date with all the news. There are so many companies to monitor
and research for prospective and current investment candidates. I would say maybe 50 hrs or so a week on
average. I enjoy it though and it’s
not like I have a boss forcing me to do it.
Once again I thank The Dividend Family Guy for nominating me for the LIEBSTER Award. Some of these guys are busy and may not be able to find the time to do this. I now have to come up with some nominees, but
it’s hard to find a new blogger who has not been nominated yet. I will go with some I have been reading for
awhile:
1.
Do you think it is better to buy a car or lease a car?
2.
If you had to do college again knowing what you know now would
you still pick the same degree major?
3.
What was your first stock?
4.
At what age did you start getting interested in the stock market?
5.
Did a person or event help you learn at any time that you were heading
in a direction you did not want to go that would lead you into too much debt?
