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Happy Labor Day

I would like to wish all of my readers a happy Labor Day.  I hope that you’ve been enjoying the 3 day weekend (assuming you’re lucky enough to get a 3 day weekend).  In honor of the holiday, and because I’d like to pretend that I was doing something fun over the weekend instead of working, there will not be the usually scheduled stock analysis today.  Those will resume next monday. And you shouldn’t be reading blogs on Labor Day.  Go out and do some grilling.  Drink a lot of beer.  Have some fun.  Then write about it in the comments later. … Read entire article »

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New Posting Schedule

From now on My Financial Independence Journey (I really should have come up with a shorter title) will be shifting to a two day per week posting schedule.  Six months of 3 posts per week was a good run, but I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to downshift to something more sustainable. NOTE: Google Reader dies on July 1st.  So if you’re reading this blog through Reader, you’ll need to switch.  I’m using Netvibes.  I’ve also heard a lot of great things about Feedly.  … Read entire article »

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Thoughts after six months of blogging

Thoughts after six months of blogging

I can’t believe I made it six months.  That’s a pretty good accomplishment and I thought I’d share some of my observations about being a blogger. … Read entire article »

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Memorial Day

Normally I publish stock analyses every Monday.  But with this being Memorial Day I would expect that most of you aren’t sitting around your computer reading blogs.  So MFIJ is taking a break from posting today to remember fallen veterans.  You know, the actual point of Memorial Day.  Just in case you thought it was National Bar-B-Que Day. The blog will be back on Wednesday with the regular posting schedule.  Stock Analyses will return next Monday.  I hope everyone had a great weekend. … Read entire article »

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Blog Update: April 2013

I can’t believe I’ve survived four months of blogging.  So let’s take a look back at the month of April and see how things fared for the blog.  As usual, I’ll try to make this blog update post short, so that I can focus my time on writing actual content. … Read entire article »

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Blog Update: February 2013

With two months of blogging behind me, it’s time to review the blog’s progress.  February was a great month for this blog, with some nice increases in traffic. As usual, I’ll try to make this blog update post short, so that I can focus my time on writing actual content. … Read entire article »

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My Financial Independence Journey is Joining the Yakezie Challenge

My Financial Independence Journey is Joining the Yakezie Challenge

The Yakezie Network is a network of personal finance and lifestyle bloggers.  The stated goal of the Yakezie Network is to help readers optimize their financial life and lead better happier lives.  And the Yakezie motto is “Selflessly helping others.”  Those values are pretty solidly in line with my own blogging goals.  So after some internal debate, I decided to try the challenge.  Completing the Yakezie challenge is required if you are going to be … Read entire article »

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Blog Update: January 2013

Since I’m a huge fan of measuring things, I thought it would be fun and maybe even informative to chronicle my progress blogging.  I’ll try to make these posts short, so that I can focus my time on writing actual content. … Read entire article »

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