It was only a matter of time, but I don’t believe anyone expected Fidelity to be the first company to come out with zero fee funds. Vanguard is usually the company most online think of and recommend when it comes to low fee funds. Fidelity looked them square in the eye and said: We can do better. The two funds they created are: FZROX FZILX The FZROX follows the United States total market. The description from their site: The fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of a broad range of U.S. stocks. The FZILX fund is their international fund: The fund seeks to provide…
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This weekend we were able to check two mountain tops off of our Belknap Range list: Mount Mack and Mount Klem. We were able to do so by following 6.8 mile loop (I believe the maps say 6.5, but we clocked it in exactly at 6.8 due to some breaks and going around the water – which you’ll read about soon enough) that brought us out to an elevated mountain pond called Round Pond, climbed up Mount Mack, went over a col that brought us straight up Mount Klem to then returned us back to Round Pond again for a full circle. It was roughly 1.5 miles and a 50…
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Climbed Mountain number three on my Belknap Range Hiking Series, this time it was Gunstock Mountain. My wife and I traversed up the brook trail. Once we found it, the trail was easy to follow but finding the “trail head” was slightly more of a challenge than we thought it should be. Thankfully the description on our trail map said it was to the left of the Panorama chair lift. Which it was. It was the other descriptor that made it more difficult: Right next to the fire place. Fireplace? I never saw a fireplace. But sure enough as we found the opening of the trail, just to the left…
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Raise a glass in celebration of National Scotch Day. A day put together and promoted solely by the makers of scotch, but frankly I don’t give a damn and happily will play right along. Cheers!
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So it’s only been a week since I found the real estate investment of my dreams. It was in the location I wanted – The historical district. It has the brick walls, wood floors, all updated and new appliances and kitchen with a granite countertop. The numbers worked… It was a dream come true and I was ready to sign on the dotted line. Inspection? I don’t need an inspection. I walked around and I’m a savvy home owner and I know my stuff… And walk around I did. Everything looked great! Luckily, I was smarter and had an inspection with a home builder I knew and trusted. All of…
