Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Thanks Mr. Greenspan!

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 ...

Alan Greenspan’s New Book

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 ...

Examine Your Last Credit Card Bill

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

This post is about as close as I'll ever get to advocating that you start a monthly budget, but it is something that I've done over the past couple of months that has really helped me reduce the amount of money that I've spent on useless "want" items. If you're anything ...

Real Estate’s Coming Death Rattle

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Lately there's been rampant speculation on where the housing market will go from here; you've got the optimists who say that we've hit the price floor and the market will only go up from here, you've got the pessimists (like me) who say that the worst is yet to come, ...

How to go About Getting a Raise

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

First off, I apologize for the amount of time between posts - last Saturday I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and strip and restain my deck. I thought that I would be done in a day or two, but unfortunately I was off by ...