Author: Mr. Groovy
Another Great Benefit of Financial Independence: Having a Large Margin of Error
If having money to pay for your needs and wants is the only measure of your well-being, the coronavirus pandemic currently roiling the world’s economy has done nothing to damage me and Mrs. Groovy. That’s the beauty of financial independence. Not being dependent on a job, business, or government check for your livelihood leaves you…
Becky Sue Has an Eye!
No one ever said building a life-size scrap-metal bison was going to be easy. And it certainly hasn’t been easy to focus on the artistic challenges of the bison build while my net worth has been cratering. As of yesterday, my net worth was down $348,000. I curse you, vile coronavirus! But earlier this week,…
Curmudgeon Mr. Groovy Meets the Coronavirus
I haven’t been watching the news, but I have no doubt that our government’s response to the coronavirus has been nothing short of a ham-fisted joke. I mean, c’mon. We haven’t won a war decisively since 1945, our public schools pump out the most costly educated dunces the world has ever seen, and our national…
What Blogger Has the Biggest Cojones?
Our financial groin has been getting stomped on by the coronavirus. Since 2/19/2020, our net worth is down $289,000. And for this month thus far, our net worth is down a staggering $175,000. Check it out. And, yet, Mrs. Groovy and I smile. Stocks are on sale and we’ve already exchanged $90,000 worth of bonds…
We “Lost” Roughly $60,000 Yesterday and We Just Shrugged
I knew yesterday was bad. So I logged onto my Fidelity account to see just how bad. Here’s a screenshot of the bloodletting. Ouch. Since our Vanguard account mirrors our Fidelity account in size, funds, and allocation, I’m assuming that our total “loss” for yesterday was right around $60,000. No one ever said investing was…