I don't have much time to put together a full well-thought out post tonight. So instead of feeding everyone a hearty meal full of finance and taters, I'm going to give you the equivalent of a frozen dinner. If you can't read it all tonight, no worries, place it back in the fridge. It'll taste good …
Lesser Known Credit Card Perks
Have you ever examined your cell phone bill closely? Over the past few years mine has skyrocketed from $40/month to $93/month. A lot of that increase can be explained by upgrading from a Zach Morris–style 12 lb brick to a sleek do-it-all computer. Another portion of my cell phone bill goes …
Future of Funancials: Blog Update III
October is historically a terrible month for the stock market – thankfully the most important disclosure to investing is “past performance doesn't guarantee future results;” in other words, history means jack. In a month typically dominated by orange and black, there was an unbelievable amount of …
Sporting Events Can Suck It
I love sports. I would estimate that 20% of my time is spent watching sports. Take Fall for example – Saturday and Sunday are both consumed with football. 2 days divided by 7 days equals 28% (subtract 8% for excessive bathroom trips caused by alcohol consumption). This percentage probably holds …
PMI & PMS
It’s that time of the month. Your stomach is in knots. You’re in a horrible mood. Your underwear looks like a crime-scene. Leona Lewis can’t even describe the bleeding that’s going on. Grossed out yet? Well you shouldn’t be. It’s not what you think. I’m simply describing a 25-year-old male …
Liar’s Poker Favorite Excerpts
I just finished reading Liar's Poker, a hilarious book I would strongly recommend to any potential investors. I thought it would be useful to share my favorite excerpts from the book. Michael Lewis takes you through his adventures as a Bond Salesman working on Wall Street (Salomon Brothers) during …
Week In Review: Occupy Wall Street
There is much buzz around the recent protests known collectively as Occupy Wall Street. Most of it I get annoyed with, but this week I found 3 gems around the cause. Retireby40 goes journalistic on us and makes a visit to Occupy Portland Darwin's Money combats the "we are the 99%" with "we are …
