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Individual Investors Make Terrible Decisions – So STOP Making Them! 29 Jun 2013 | 11:02 pm
I just came across yet another report (Marketwatch) demonstrating the abysmal state of US retail investor performance compared to basically doing nothing. We just can’t help ourselves. Based on this...
Rates Are Finally Spiking – What it Means 31 May 2013 | 07:58 pm
After years of (artificially) depressed interest rates on everything from US Treasuries to savings vehicles like money markets and CDs to borrowing rates for consumers, we finally saw a spike in inter...
Why the Rich Keep Getting Richer 1 May 2013 | 01:29 am
There’s a recent headline making the rounds of late showing that the rich keep getting richer while the rest either tread water or fall behind. Consider this recent report by Pew Research and I’ll sh...
How Obama Goosed the Jobs Numbers and Why It’s Much Worse Than Media Portrayals 30 Mar 2013 | 01:38 am
As long as I can remember, people have always complained about the accuracy of government-reported statistics and claims. For instance, every year, the government reports that the measure generally r...
Yahoo’s Work From Home Controversy – Thoughts and Your Opinions 26 Feb 2013 | 07:36 pm
This past week, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer announced a ban on employees working from home. This, in a culture where many, many employees were used to doing this for years. Here are a few thoughts on ...
Advice to a New Investor 1 Feb 2013 | 06:45 am
Nothing gets a new investor more excited than reading glorious stories of great market picks, turning $50,000 into $1 Million and day trading in your pajamas for a living. I don’t mean to be a downer...
Manufacturing: What It’s Like to Work in a Factory, Why Jobs Are Leaving the US, and Trends 27 Dec 2012 | 02:44 am
Now that the election’s over, we can stop debating tax rates, repealing Obamacare and whether Mitt’s dog rode on the roof of his car. Aside from gun laws now – which DO require serious consideratio...
All Good Things Come to and End – Apple Implosion Reality Check 16 Nov 2012 | 07:23 am
No, I’m not giving up blogging! LOL; I’m talking about investing euphoria. Namely, Apple. Apple had grown to become the largest publicly traded stock in the world and a true household name over just...
The Election and the Stock Market 26 Oct 2012 | 08:17 pm
With the US Presidential election just weeks away, by now, you’re likely being bombarded with not only ads, but also, pundits surmising what a win or either candidate will do for various stocks, secto...
5 Things I Didn’t Know About Being a Landlord Until Now 19 Sep 2012 | 12:54 am
I haven’t talked about my recent property investment too much, so I thought I’d share a brief background on the investment I made last year and then highlight a few things I wasn’t aware of going in t...
