Observations

A personal finance blog that provides historical perspective, emphasizes strategic planning, and uses graphs & spreadsheets to show how financial things work.

Pages

  • Stock Market
  • Retirement, Housing, Strategic Planning
  • Bonds/CDs, Inflation, Investing-Gen'l
  • 100-Year History Posts
  • Home
  • 100+ Graphs
  • Top 10 Posts All-Time
  • Recent & Updated Posts
  • Tech & Sports
  • Full Subject Index
  • 1st Time Here?/FAQ

Tech & Sports

Following are some popular technology & sports posts

TECHNOLOGY & SPORTS POSTS

  • Syncing Android Calendars w PCs (MS Outlook)
  • Syncing Android Contacts/Addresses w PCs (MS Outlook)
  • My New Dropcam Security Camera: A Quickie Review
  • Getting Started With Windows 8: The Start Screen
  • Introduction to Windows 8 Charms: Search, Share, Start, ...
  • Window 8: Metro Apps and Programs
  • The 10 Best NBA Players Ever
  • Houston Texans 2013: Super Bowl or ...


See Full Subject Index for an index of all posts in all areas.

Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Translate

Some Recent Posts

  • What Will $1 be Worth in the Future? (calculator)
  • What Will Your Bond/CD be Worth in N Years? calculator
  • How Much Will You Receive in Social Security Benefits?
  • Convert Dollars from 19xx to Now (calculator)
  • What Will $100 be Worth in 10-20 Years?
  • Getting Started With Windows 8: The Start Screen
  • How Much Money Will You Need to Retire?
  • How Much Should You Have in Savings?
  • What Percent of Your Salary Should You Save? (by starting age)
Follow Obsandnotes on Twitter

Or, Get New Posts Via ...

Posts
Atom
Posts
All Comments
Atom
All Comments

Most Popular Posts All-Time (Top 10)

  • Average Stock Market Return Since 19xx
    Stock Market Long-Term Average Annual Rate of Return (e.g., since 1929; past 1, 5, 10, 20 ... years.) What is the long-term perfor...
  • What Would $10,000 in 19xx be Equivalent to Today?
    Want to approximate what $1 in 1900 or 1929 or 1985 (or any other year) would be equivalent to today? How about what $100 or $1,000 today is...
  • 100 Years of Stock Market History (log graph)
    In times of turmoil, such as a financial crisis, I look for one of those big charts with an arrow that says, “You are here.” It is in that s...
  • 100 Years of Treasury Bond Interest Rate History
    Investors expecting bond funds to perform as well in the next 10 years as they have in the last 10 will be disappointed. Bonds can play an ...
  • 100-Year Housing Price Index History
    This post illustrates the increase in U.S. housing prices since 1900. However, considering price alone is a misleading way to evaluate the ...
  • What Will $100 be Worth in 10 - 20 Years?
    This post estimates the future value of a dollar for the next 1-50 years, for inflation rates ranging from 1% to 10%. The chart works not ju...
  • How Much Would $1 Invested in the Stock Market in 19xx be Worth Now?
    How Much Would $1 Invested in the Dow Index in 19xx be Worth Now? This post addresses that question for "any" start-year -- and an...
  • What Will $10,000 be Worth in 10 Years? (CDs, Bonds, Dollars...)
    Here's an easy way to approximate what $10,000, or $100,000, or any other amount will be worth in 10 years. It works for bonds, CDs --...
  • Stock Market Annual Performance since 1929 (bar chart)
    In this post, we graph total stock market returns by year -- going all the way back to 1929. Total return includes dividend income as well...
  • A Personal Strategic Plan Example
    Personal Strategic Planning Can Change Your Life Not many years ago, a friend confided that she was less than thrilled with her life -- ...

RECENTLY POPULAR POSTS FOLLOW

by category, excluding the above top-10

Stock Market Posts

  • What Would $1 Invested in 19xx be Worth Now?
  • 100 Years of Inflation-Adjusted Stock Market HIstory
  • The 10-Year Stock Market Projection
  • The Best & Worst 20-Year Returns (Rolling Returns)
  • The Best & Worst 10-Year Returns (Rolling Returns)
  • Dow Price/Dividend Ratio & Dividend Yield History
  • Range of Market Returns for 1, 2, ... 100 Years
  • The 25 Best & Worst Years in Stock Market History
  • If You Had Invested $1 in 19xx (graph thru 2012)
  • 2012 Stock Market Performance: Year-End Update
  • Dow 25-Year Moving Average Graph
  • The Extraordinary Impact of P/E Ratios
  • Stock Market Earnings Growth History & a Worst Case Scenario
  • Starting P/E Ratio vs. 10-Year Stock Market Returns
  • The Make-up of 10 Year Stock Market Returns
  • Range of Stock Market Returns in Dollars: 10-100 Years
  • Earnings & Dividends Determine Long-Term Stock Returns

Pick of the Week

Pick of the Week
Earnings & Dividends Determine Long-Term Stock Market Returns (Click on image)

Retirement Posts

  • What Will a $10,000 Investment be Worth in 20 Years?
  • What Will a $10,000 Investment be Worth in 10 Years? (stocks)
  • How Much Should You Have in Savings? by age, w soc sec, ave inc
  • How Much Should You Have in Retirement Savings? w/o SS
  • How Much Money Will You Need To Retire?
  • A Retirement Planning Calculator/Spreadsheet
  • What % of Your Salary Should You Save for Retirement? by age, w soc sec
  • How Much Will You Receive in Social Security Income?
  • How Much Should You Have in Savings? hi inc
  • What % of Income Should High-Income Earners Save?
  • What % of Your Salary Should You Save for Retirement? w/o soc sec, by age
  • The SIMPLE Retirement Savings Calculator

Bonds, Inflation & General-Investing Posts

  • What Will $100 be Worth in 10-20 Years?
  • What Will My Bond/CD be Worth in 10 Years?
  • 100 Years of Inflation Rate History
  • Inflation Calculator: Convert Dollars from 19xx to Now
  • What Will $1 be Worth in the Future? (calculator)
  • Yield to Maturity & Interest Rate Risk
  • The Observations Inflation Spreadsheet
  • What Will My Bond/CD be Worth in 5 Years?
  • 10-Year Treasury Note Real Return History
  • What Will Your Bond/CD be Worth in N Years? calculator
  • Analyzing Treasury Interest Rate History
  • Where Are Interest Rates Headed?
  • Why Investing in the Stock Market for Less Than 5 Years is Risky
  • Interest Rate Forecast for 5-Year Treasuries
  • The Importance of Bond Duration

Housing Posts

  • Planning to Buy a House Spreadsheet
  • 100 Years of Inflation-Adjusted Housing Price History
  • Housing vs. Stock Market Growth Revisited
  • The Risks & Disadvantages of Buying a House
  • Comparing Housing vs. Stock Market Growth

Strategic Planning Posts

  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats
  • Discovering Your Vision
  • Creating Your Personal Strategic Plan

Technology Posts

  • Dropcam Security Camera: A Quickie Review
  • Getting Started With Windows 8 - The Start Screen
  • Syncing Android Calendars w PCs (MS Outlook)

Observations QR Code

Observations QR Code
Observations QR Code

Labels (categories)

Bonds Economy/Financial Crisis Housing Houston Rockets/NBA Houston Texans/NFL Investing - General Opinion Potpourri Projections/Forecasts Retirement Planning Site Navigation Aids Spreadsheets/Calculators Stock Market (see index below) Strategic Planning Technology (Android/PC)

Stock Market Subject Index

BONDS & BASICS (including inflation)
HISTORY/ANALYSIS
...Bull & Bear Markets, Crashes
...Closing Prices
...Earnings, Dividends & Their Growth Rates
...Valuation: P/E Ratio & Dividend Yield Hisotyr
...Rates of Return, ROI
...Impact of Valuation (e.g., p/e) on Returns
FORECASTS
...Projection Model
...Support Levels
...Worst-Case Scenarios

Blog Archive (click on arrowheads to expand)

  • ▼  2013 (15)
    • ▼  September (1)
      • Houston Texans 2013: Super Bowl or ....
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2012 (42)
    • ►  December (6)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2011 (41)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (5)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2010 (33)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2009 (47)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ►  April (7)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2008 (32)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (8)
    • ►  September (7)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (2)

My Blog List

  • John Mauldin (Investing)
    How to Dodge the Debt Train
    22 hours ago
  • Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor (Economics)
    Seven Things You Should Know About the Art Market
    3 years ago

Non-blogs

  • Jeremy Grantham (Investing)
  • Bill Gross (Bonds)
  • John Hussman: Weekly Market Comment (Investing)
Copyright © 2011
Simple theme. Theme images by Petrovich9. Powered by Blogger.