Saving Money!

As most of you know, just a few short years ago my little one was born. One of the biggest things my wife and I had talked about was, should she be breast feed or should we use baby formula? The choice for my wife and I was an easy one, breast feeding was the best way to go. Not only is breast feeding the best for the baby, the money savings are huge. We know how much baby formula cost, it’s not cheap at all. For me I could never really figure out why the brand name formulas cost so much more. The U.S government, FDA regulates what goes into baby formula. So basically what I’m saying here is, there’s no difference between brand name formula and store brand formula, it’s the same stuff. So why can one charge more than the other, don’t get it.

Staying Strong!

With the economy in one of the worst shapes it’s ever been in since the great depression, people are scared and have no clear idea what to do with their money. The U.S markets as well as the world markets are showing signs that things are still improving slowly. But you know what, the bottom could fall out in one day, that’s how bad things still are. Me personally I review the U.S markets every hour on the hour, I drive my wife crazy reporting to her. I do this because it’s not about long term investing for me lately, it’s short term. I only care what our investments ending at for the day. I think this way because we took a really hard hit last year, and that’s not going to happen this year. Once I see a sign of bad news or a report that comes that’s not going to be good I get ready to sell. I wouldn’t recommend this to any one, because it takes a lot of watching and reading, but we need to get our money back, which we are.

Finding Work!

Are you one of the one million plus people who have lost your job this year? And are you still unemployed, but hunting for employment? If so you’re not alone, there’s over a half a million people doing the same thing. And some professions have been hit harder than others have. For example the legal professions have been hit pretty hard with the collapse of Wall Street and big corporations. And if you’re an attorney looking for employment it could be harder to stick out. And with all these websites out they’re offering job search’s you just don’t know who to use or where you’re going to get the best results. I did come across a site that offers job searches and matches that could work for any profession, even legal jobs. Just do a simple job search via Google and you will see a ton of sites to go to. You just might have what you’re looking for to get ahead and get that new job you’ve been seeking. So click your way on over now.

Blu-Ray Players!

I just read an article online that states that the Blu-ray Disc Association recently started to license their technology to Chinese manufactures. You all know what that means, Blu-Ray players for under $100 bucks. I hate to say it, but that’s when I’ll get one. If we could build these players and sell them at a much more affordable price I would have gotten one a long time ago. Right now these Blu-Ray players are selling for more than $200, which is way to high in my opinion. And the disc’s cost about twice as much as the standard DVD, why? I once heard that making a Blu-Ray disc was cheaper than making a standard DVD. The same happened when we went from a VHS tapes to a DVD, it was cheaper to make the DVD. At the time they where selling the DVD for twice the amount of the VHS tape. If these makers would stop being so greedy we wouldn’t need Chinese manufactures to get the pricing under control, and people would by more things made in the USA. I really feel that if the maker of anything would charge reasonable prices for their products we would be much better off than what we are now. The greed needs to stop!