Comments on: Cutting Food Costs http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/ Investing and Personal Finance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <![CDATA[Mr. Cheap]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Thu, 31 May 2007 01:51:43 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1323 But I love Tim's!!! :-) You're tough but fair Joan. ;-) But I love Tim’s!!! :-) You’re tough but fair Joan. ;-)

]]> By: <![CDATA[Joan McCulley]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Wed, 30 May 2007 23:20:02 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1322 Food costs. Lunches made at home. And remember not to stop at Tim Horton's or Starbucks, even if you own the stock, and then, yes try raising 4 kids on 100K, annual salary- that 400K retirment fund sounds like luxury to me Food costs. Lunches made at home. And remember not to stop at Tim Horton’s or Starbucks, even if you own the stock, and then, yes try raising 4 kids on 100K, annual salary- that 400K retirment fund sounds like luxury to me

]]> By: <![CDATA[Mr. Cheap]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:43:02 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1321 CD: Well, if he got them when they were undervalued, and their price has gone up, so would his "retirement savings" right? So he'd then have more then $400K (or is the $400K figure at the instant of retirement?). I actually really don't like personal yield as a measure. It seems to be a way of fooling yourself that you're getting phenomenal passive income when its really just a mixture of dividend and capital gains. I need to do a post on it... :-) CD: Well, if he got them when they were undervalued, and their price has gone up, so would his “retirement savings” right? So he’d then have more then $400K (or is the $400K figure at the instant of retirement?).

I actually really don’t like personal yield as a measure. It seems to be a way of fooling yourself that you’re getting phenomenal passive income when its really just a mixture of dividend and capital gains.

I need to do a post on it… :-)

]]> By: <![CDATA[Canadian Dream]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 Wed, 30 May 2007 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1320 Mr. Cheap, Actually I think Derek got a few of them when they were extremely undervalued which results in the higher yield. The company is fine, but he got the stock on a fire sale. CD Mr. Cheap,

Actually I think Derek got a few of them when they were extremely undervalued which results in the higher yield. The company is fine, but he got the stock on a fire sale.

CD

]]> By: <![CDATA[Mr. Cheap]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Wed, 30 May 2007 16:00:15 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1319 CD: Ahh, I imagine you're right... I'd get nervous with any stocks with yields that high... How could it possibly be sustainable? CD: Ahh, I imagine you’re right… I’d get nervous with any stocks with yields that high… How could it possibly be sustainable?

]]> By: <![CDATA[Mr. Cheap]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:56:08 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1318 Things have been going well cutting back on food expenses. I've managed to bring my lunch for the past three days (I figured they've costed ~$3.50) and eat at home for the past three nights. I'm a little worried that I might start gobbling up all the food my girlfriend buys, and just turning my food spending into an unfair externality, but I've told her if it seems like this is happening, tell me right away (and I'm focusing on buying at least my fair share of groceries). I can already see my average spending per day (at least for food) dropping. Things have been going well cutting back on food expenses. I’ve managed to bring my lunch for the past three days (I figured they’ve costed ~$3.50) and eat at home for the past three nights. I’m a little worried that I might start gobbling up all the food my girlfriend buys, and just turning my food spending into an unfair externality, but I’ve told her if it seems like this is happening, tell me right away (and I’m focusing on buying at least my fair share of groceries).

I can already see my average spending per day (at least for food) dropping.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Canadian Dream]]> http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/cutting-food-costs/#comment-1317 To answer you last question I recall reading a comment from Derek on either a blog or a forum which he basically states you can retire on a lot less if you can manage a few stocks with a yeild of 9% in your portfolio. Hence I suspect his isn't using a 4% yeild, but something closer to 6 or 8% to generate his income. CD To answer you last question I recall reading a comment from Derek on either a blog or a forum which he basically states you can retire on a lot less if you can manage a few stocks with a yeild of 9% in your portfolio. Hence I suspect his isn’t using a 4% yeild, but something closer to 6 or 8% to generate his income.

CD

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