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Archive for April, 2007

Housing Update

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | 2 Comments »

Seeking Alpha has a great summary of nearly all the current topics related to housing, mortgages and real estate.Some of the interesting articles are:Lacklustre housing marketManhattan… apartment prices unchanged from ... Read more..

Profiting From Investment News

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Posted in Foreign Stocks, Investing, Oil and Gas, Options, trading | 4 Comments »

I read an email today that mentioned China (who is already the planet’s largest coal consumer) claims it will need an extra 80 million tons by next January. ... Read more..

New BMW Concept Car Unveiled

Friday, April 20th, 2007 Posted in Cars | 3 Comments »

The BMW just unvieled it's new concept car, and its rumored to be the new 8-series. Very nice!The CS feels like an evolution of that philosophy with sharper edges and ... Read more..

How Do Your Investments Stack Up Against Schiller

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in Foreign Stocks, Stocks | No Comments »

If any of you remember Robert Schiller, of Irrational Exuberance fame, he thought tech stocks were overvalued and now he thinks real estate is over valued too.According to an interview, ... Read more..

Are Stocks A Better Investment Than Real Estate?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate, Stocks | 1 Comment »

According to this article in Money Magazine, stocks are a better investment, based on a study taking in account the years 1978 to 2004.While there are some valid points favoring ... Read more..

Free Online Tax-Extension Filing

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in Taxes | No Comments »

Don't forget to file your extensions today if you haven't done your taxes. You have until midnight to get out the extensions. Most Post Offices are open until then today.If ... Read more..

Why Inflation Is Bad

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 4 Comments »

When the Fed prints more currency notes (to pay for the war and the interest on all the T-bills we've dumped on the rest of the world) it devalues each ... Read more..

Utah Economy Strongest in the Nation

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | 2 Comments »

According to the Deseret News,Utah's economy is the single strongest state economy in the nation, according to one Utah economist. And the single strongest sector within that economy is construction. ... Read more..

Fight Global Warming By Chopping Down Trees

Friday, April 13th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Its true. Here's a quote from the Economist magazine.A climate model suggests that chopping down the Earth's trees would help fight global warming.Actually to be honest, while they did make ... Read more..

Last Chance To Get In On A Zero-Risk Investment

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in Investing, Retirement, alternate investments | 1 Comment »

I've been wanting to send in the paperwork for the Everbank Marketsafe Japanese REIT CD for nearly a month. Since I used my Coporation's 401k and Profit Sharing Plan (PSP) ... Read more..

How The Tax System Really Works

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 Posted in Taxes | 3 Comments »

Got this humorous email today. Enjoy.Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the ... Read more..

15% of California Home Sales are Foreclosures

Monday, April 9th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | No Comments »

According to the Central Valley Business Times, California foreclosure sales neared $2 Billion in March.“Foreclosures sold at auction now account for 15 percent of all home sales in California ... Read more..

Friday Update

Friday, April 6th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Last year I signed up for an HP beta testing program. Didn't hear anything until Wednesday. They wanted to know if I was free on Thursday evening for a brief ... Read more..

Vonage is Screwed

Friday, April 6th, 2007 Posted in Stocks | No Comments »

Vonage has lost a case against Verizon over patent infringement. In a ruling today, its no longer able to market it services to new customers.According to Vonage's lawyer, the ruling ... Read more..

Opened a Roth IRA in 10 Minutes

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 Posted in Earn Money Online, Investing | 4 Comments »

I've been trying to open a Roth IRA for my wife for 2006 contributions at Zecco for a few weeks now.Initially I couldn't open their stupid .fdf file. Finally I ... Read more..

Negotiating A Job Offer

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 3 Comments »

Money & Such has a good post on Negotiating a Job Offer.I tried telling my wife that she should always counter the job offer, regardless if she's fresh out of ... Read more..

Earning Money Online

Monday, April 2nd, 2007 Posted in Earn Money Online | No Comments »

I read a really interesting post today on Earner$ blog aboutmaking $200 every day.The first half of the post is just a reference to 'earn money online' which links to ... Read more..

Sub-prime Lender Woes Unfold.

Monday, April 2nd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

New Century Financial has filed chapter 11 and announced its laying off 3200 workers, or about 50% of its workforce. Its based in Irvine, and I would expect a lot ... Read more..