Archive for the ‘Investing’ Category
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
As a recent home buyer, it pains me to no end to write the article. At the same time, it pains me ever more to hear people say, "don't worry, the home prices will bounce back soon," when speaking about the currently woeful housing market.
I hate to be the ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Let me preface everything I'm about to write by reminding you that despite having a degree in business/finance, I am nothing more than an arm-chair economist. I find economic theory to be completely fascinating, but at the same time, I'm not exactly well versed in it.
That being said, I ...
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
It looks like Alan Greenspan is about to cash in in a pretty big way.
Greenspan is due to collect $8.5 million for an upcoming memoir entitled The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, which to me sounds more like a science fiction novel as opposed to something by ...
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
The other day a buddy of mine was asking about what to do with his 401k - he had recently switched jobs and wanted to move all of his money from the old company's plan to the new company's plan. Simple enough.
However, when he told me how he planned ...
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
The other day I was reading an article by Walter Updegrave, Money Magazine's senior editor, in which he states that the "10% Rule" - the notion that you need to save 10% of your salary each year in order to have enough money when you retire - isn't a ...
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