finance

50 Item Checklist (final update)

July 6, 2010

Final Update!  Thanks for all the contributions.  It was fun.  Now, if you’re stuck and want to simplify or simply don’t know where to go next, you can use this as a guide to reignite some action. I compiled this list on my last nine mile run but only got through the first 14, so [...]

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Oil, Oil Everywhere

June 5, 2010

Yesterday I had an intense discussion with a friend about the oil pipe disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. He recommended a shut down of all drilling immediately because of the safety risks and the subsequent risk of disaster. I suggested he look outside at the stream of cars driving by or contemplate the chipboard [...]

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Another Common Mistake

May 19, 2010

I’ll stop preaching soon, but this one drives me insane. If you overdraw your account you are essentially taking a short-term, high interest loan (depending on the amount of shortage, but typically ranges from 16%-1700%).  Overdraft fees are a generous source of revenue for big banks (classified as >$1billion) to the tune of about $35 [...]

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College Inc. (full video)

May 10, 2010

This is an excellent video on the business of education. Direct link here. // // window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “”, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); }());

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How ’bout that Recovery?

May 6, 2010

Check out the market map for today.  After a 1,000 point dumping of the DJIA, we’re once again reminded that the World Economy is nowhere near something called “recovery,” nor will it ever be.  That’s not to say the DJIA won’t put up record numbers in the months to years to come, but I think [...]

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