From The Personal Finance Playbook
March 10, 2010 at 3:56 pm
I’ve seen lots of articles about “buy and hold” lately – one of the popular ones on the blogosphere recently is about the lady who bought $180 worth of ... (
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March 6, 2010 at 4:58 pm
I was talking to a friend about investing the other day and was questioned when I used the expression “bottom up investors.” (As an aside, I love to talk about investing.
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March 3, 2010 at 12:12 am
I just thought I would share this interview with Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard. I’m not sure that I agree with regard to limiting what banks can invest in, but I definitely
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March 1, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I was talking to a good friend of mine earlier tonight about the stock market (one of my favorite topics!). He mentioned to me that his brother (who works for a major discount ... (
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February 28, 2010 at 1:47 pm
(Tilson comes on about 2 minutes in – ignore everyone on the video before him;)
One thing I didn’t mention in my previous post that I started to wish I had when ... (
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February 27, 2010 at 7:07 pm
For fellow Buffett fans, reading his annual letters is one of life’s little pleasures. You get an insight into what he’s thinking and why he thinks it. The 2009
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February 22, 2010 at 7:00 am
Every company is faced with a question of whether earnings should be returned to investors (who own the company) to be invested as they wish, or re-invested in the company by ... (
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February 18, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Disclosure - Long HD;)
I know I haven’t blogged in awhile, and realize that this is an odd topic to bring me out of my blogging hibernation. I actually have dozens of ... (
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From The Personal Finance Playbook
December 15, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Here’s something I read that I believe is worth the time it takes to read. Enjoy. I’ll be back blogging soon.
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November 25, 2009 at 11:08 am
I read a blog post the other day about what makes some people great salespeople. The post paints a picture of salespeople as intense cut throats that will do anything to close ... (
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November 24, 2009 at 7:00 am
Healthcare can be a pain in the ass.
This is the first post from one of the site’s new contributors. Josh is a personal trainer and actor living in NYC. In addition ... (
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November 23, 2009 at 7:00 am
I don’t think I could have married someone that’s more supportive than my wife. She’s extremely supportive of all the things I do. I’m the kind of ... (
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November 20, 2009 at 11:11 am
Unfortunately I did not have a lot of time to put into this post. My original plan was to discuss the enormous energy losses that are the direct result of poor traffic management. ... (
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November 19, 2009 at 7:00 am
Seriously, though, I just want to help you out.
I hear and see a lot of conspiracy theories out there about Goldman Sachs. More than any other investment banks or companies, ... (
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From The Personal Finance Playbook
November 17, 2009 at 7:00 am
This guy is just hoping someone does something.
“While there is a lot of room for a lot of legitimate debate about many aspects of global warming, let us say one thing ... (
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November 16, 2009 at 7:00 am
I like my job. I don’t like everything about it, of course, but I like the fact that I have a job. I like being an attorney (some days), and I feel like I’m ... (
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November 13, 2009 at 7:00 am
I finished my copy of the sequel to Freakonomics on a plane on the way back from visiting my wife’s family in Long Island, NY. I like traveling, in that I like going ... (
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November 12, 2009 at 7:00 am
Make it $300 million and you've got yourself a deal.
For as long as I can remember, in any setting, big businesses have been viewed as the bad guys and the workers have been ... (
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November 11, 2009 at 7:00 am
I see a lot of criticisms for Target Date Retirement Funds. Recently, I’ve seen a lot of commentary about how much money many of the funds have lost during the last year. ... (
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November 9, 2009 at 7:00 am
Once, when I was about 13, I broke my leg in a motorcycle accident. My dad picked me up and carried me into the house, shushing my howls all the way there. He wasn’t ... (
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November 5, 2009 at 7:00 am
I just thought this was an interesting and cool news story, but when this guard was attacked and put in a choke hold by one inmate, other inmates rushed to his aid and even ... (
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November 3, 2009 at 2:41 pm
If you woke up this morning and read the business news, you may have noticed that Warren Buffett (through Berkshire Hathaway), the patron saint of investing, has made a tender ... (
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November 3, 2009 at 7:00 am
I funded my Lending Club account before Lending Club had been approved in Missouri. As much as anything else, I was excited by the idea. Instead of putting that portion ... (
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November 2, 2009 at 7:00 am
There’s been some controversy swirling around St. Louis the last few years regarding Red-Light cameras. If you aren’t familiar with what they are (I guess it’s ... (
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October 29, 2009 at 6:00 am
My father died when I was sixteen years old. It’s a topic I try to be careful about how I approach. As a kid, people would treat me a little different if they knew ... (
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