Finished! Graduation was last Sunday. Too bad I had to miss Gamefest the final year I'm in the Midwest, but graduation was worth the miss. Professor Kevin Murphy spoke in his typically straight-forward, clear, and foundational way that he does. And a great focus on entrepreneurship from our second speaker. It was a good day, quick and good. Nice reception afterward and then a family dinner at Cedars. :)
I'm out in Redmond this week to start work on the house...yes that should be added to the projects list without any question. Some major work to do on that front. And Jacob, I found a leaky kitchen sink. :( Ah, the joys of home/bank ownership!
Monday we leave for our summer travels, so I'll attempt to post when able.
I transferred account from E*Trade to BrownCo a number of years ago because I was fed-up with E*Trades fees, lies (promised no fee IRAs and then added fees a year later), and hassle. My first month back with them (because they bought out BrownCo) has been good until today. They have some good features like Quick Transfer, etc.
But I learned today that they have only one option of taxable interest income on cash in IRA accounts - the E*Trade Sweep that is really a deposit with the E*Trade bank side that pays a measly .25% annually. Meanwhile the E*Trade bank side gets to loan out the money at market rates. What a scam.
My last final at the GSB is complete. I finished up Taxes and Business Strategy (perhaps better titled Taxes and M&A) this evening around 5:45 pm. After back to back finals today I was fairly exhausted...a good way to end my academic experience at the GSB. :)