Posted February 3, 2009 - 11:38 by Sarah Winfrey
Poker's not just about gambling anymore! Interested in investing? Have a lot of poker know-how but not much in the world of finances? Need an excuse to play some more? Read on for some thoughts about how playing poker can enhance your investing.
Posted January 11, 2009 - 10:45 by Philip Brewer
Stephen Leeb's new book makes that case that we're running into resource limits on every front--energy, metals, water--and that this problem is going to affect everything we do. Then, it looks at what can we do about it, as individuals and as a society.
Posted December 11, 2008 - 17:10 by Xin Lu
This week the 4 week T-bill rate was driven down to 0% and the demand for these treasuries was astounding. It seems that investors are so pessimistic that they are willing to accept no yield for the safety of their principal. If you have been following the markets for the last few months it does seem like every other asset is falling. So, where could we put our cash if we do not want 0% yield treasuries?
Posted October 16, 2008 - 13:48 by Philip Brewer
My wife spotted this book at the library and brought it home, suggesting (based on the title) that it might be a sort of anti-Wise Bread that I could read and mock. When I started reading it though, I found it wasn't. In fact, it's an outstanding personal financial book: It offers the best framework for analyzing household finances of any book I've read.
Posted September 26, 2008 - 10:10 by Xin Lu
Last year I wrote an article about how I used my Vanguard Tax Exempt Money Market Fund as a high yield checkings account, and this week I suddenly got quite a few hits for that article. So I wondered why that was and found that the yield for the tax exempt money market funds have shot up significantly.
Posted September 9, 2008 - 06:42 by Myscha Theriault
Looking for something a bit more exotic when you retire? Do tropical rain forests, cheap living and great organic coffee fit into your long range plan? If you are looking to live well and select sustainable investments as part of your portfolio, Costa Rica might be just the place for you.
Posted August 13, 2008 - 08:52 by Sarah Winfrey
"Pa-doink" is the sound you hear when something small and heavy hits water. Think about a child throwing a coin into the fountain at a shopping mall: a toss and a pa-doink later, there's one more wish waiting to be granted and one more coin collecting at the bottom of the pool. I heard a story once about a man whose job it was to clean those coins out of the fountain. Twelve years later, the change from the bottom of the mall's fountain put his daughter through college.
Posted July 13, 2008 - 19:57 by Xin Lu
Stephen T. McClellan is a seasoned securities analyst who has more than 32 years experience with several different well known investment firms. In his book Full of Bull- Do What Wall Street Does, Not What It Says, To Make Money in the Market , he gives readers a insider's look into the world of securities analysts and attempts to help individual investors in decoding the cryptic and contradictory views on stocks put out by Wall Street.
Posted July 7, 2008 - 13:25 by Philip Brewer
Nobody wants to be poor. It's a dangerous and constrained position to be in. But there are people out there (me, for instance) who are relatively happy to live at a fairly low standard of living. Choosing to live at a low standard of living means you don't need to earn as much money--which opens up a huge range of possibilities that ordinary people don't have. The way society is organized now, though, that's not a safe option.
Posted April 28, 2008 - 05:08 by Philip Brewer
Do you need a kick in the pants to get you saving for retirement? Do you need someone to wave their arms and run around screaming that your whole future is at risk, in order to motivate you to put some serious money aside and take the time to learn how your 401(k) works? If so, this is the book for you.
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