Sunday, April 27, 2014

Stock Market Trends

*January Effect: 1/2 - 2/3  up
                           3/10 - 3/31 up or down
*                         4/10 - 4/15 down
                           4/15 - 4/21 up
                           5/15 - 6/15 up
*                         6/21 - 7/21 drift down
                           8/1 - 9/15 side-way then up
*                         9/15 - 10/21 drift down
*Santa Claus      11/1 - 12/20 up
  Tax /Dressing   12/26 - 12/30

Friday, April 18, 2014

Google Glass Selling Price: $4800 in China

Taobao sellers selling Google Glass for 30,000 Yuan:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2014-04/18/content_17444123.htm?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=909325&utm_campaign=0

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Spend Your Tax Refund on Google Glass

Looks like Google is encouraging you to spend your tax refund on a pair of Google Glass--
the company is opening up the Glass Explorer Program on April 15th:

http://glassmorgasbord.blogspot.com/2014/04/google-glass-explorer-program-limited.html?view=classic

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Saving For Kid's College Tuition

Nice article on saving for kid's college:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/parents-youre-saving-for-college-all-wrong-2014-04-10?siteid=yhoof2

Some tips:
1) When a kid is born, estimate college cost by multiplying current cost by a factor of 3., then shoot to save 1/3 of that (currently that amounts to about $250-$500 per month).
2) Use 529s, state prepaid tuition plans, and Upromise.

Also tone town expectations about where your kid might attend college (most likely your kid will not make it into a top college):

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/parents-and-their-kids-need-to-chill-out-about-college-174506880.html