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Monday, February 27th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Got mentioned in this week's Festival of Frugality.The sheer number of options for tomato products defies comprehension!!! But Adventures in Money Making, against all odds, perseveres, and lives to purée ... Read more..Saturday, February 25th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Ever go to the store to pick up 5 items and spend an hour because you had spent 10 minutes per item comparing the prices? I have this compulsion to ... Read more..Friday, February 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
According to a research paper by Brad Barber and Terrance Odean, women make better stock investors than men.Psychological research has established that men are more prone to overconfidence than women. ... Read more..Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
I was putting together a personal financial statement for a bank and I realized I have over $1.8 million of debt against my credit. [I've partnered with investors on some ... Read more..Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Political Calculations has a classic Cow Model theory, which I've shameless reproduced below.[in my defence, he stole it off the internet]. The Classic Cow Model....Let no one say that economists ... Read more..Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Just found this great website called Housing Tracker.It lists some of the larger cities and shows the pricing/inventory trends for the past 6 months.I'm glad to know that inventory at ... Read more..Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Here's a great post from The Big Picture on the Consumer Price Index.Its so funny, I'm reproducing the whole post.CPI reveals that except for everything going up in price, ... Read more..Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006 Posted in Coins, Gold/Silver | 2 Comments »
Bought a 1 ounce silver dragon coin on Ebay. Its a beautiful coin, minted by the Perth Mint in Australia. [As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm a big ... Read more..Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Didn't do much over the long weekend. Just tried to relax and recharge my batteries. Happend to get a really good book from Barnes and Nobles called The Millionaire Maker ... Read more..Friday, February 17th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Got a call today from my mortgage company. They told me that today was the last day to get pay for 3 mortgages without the late charge. I told him ... Read more..Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Going to college is an important part of growing up. The friendships and experiences you gain last a lifetime. And in the process you usually get an education that provides ... Read more..Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Home prices have slumped in Australia.Its the same ol' story that I've been harping on about thats affecting parts of ... Read more..Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Posted in Currency, Economy, Oil and Gas | No Comments »
I just read online that Syria just announced that it would start charging for its oil in euros instead of the tradition dollar. In researching this topic i found a ... Read more..Monday, February 6th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
ING just announced 4.75% interest on regular savings on all new deposits and accounts until April 15th. After that it drops to 3.75%, unless of course the fed raises the ... Read more..Saturday, February 4th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I'm almost at the end of my ability to buy single family homes now so I've started looking at much bigger projects. As JFK said "They cannot achieve greatness who ... Read more..Saturday, February 4th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I made the 1st ever Carnival of Entrepreneurship!Adventures in Money Making offers a tips on what to look at when buying a dry cleaner business. Some of the advice is ... Read more..Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
In an interesting development, I'm found myself as a minor equity partner in a deal having about a 100 lots near New Orleans. I'll probably get 2-3 lots in the ... Read more..Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
A friend of mine brought a business proposal for me to look at. Its a Dry Cleaning business in a nice part of Houston [if such a claim can be ... Read more..Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Just got my year-end statement for my Amazon Credit Card where I get points to buy books on Amazon.com.I spent a total of $13,000 on the card last year which ... Read more..