LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME

Archive for May, 2007

38th Festival of Stocks

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Investment Jungle is currently hosting the Festival of Stocks #38.He actually read all the posts and gave his own opinions on them! Great Job! Check them out. Check out my bookstore. [All ... Read more..

Food And Drug Chief Gets Death

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in Rants | 2 Comments »

China sentenced its ex-food and drug chief to death for accepting bribes.Quite a harsh punishment for accepting $800,000 in bribes. Pity the US doesn't have laws like that. It would ... Read more..

Put Your Mortgage On Your Credit Card & Earn Rewards

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

American Express has now announced that it will allow borrowers to put their mortgage on their amex cards get earn points!Its great for AMEX because some of the borrowers will ... Read more..

Average Home Size Increasing

Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in housing bubble | 2 Comments »

According to this article, McMansions gain popularity despite the housing slump, national new home sizes are averaging 2,400 sq ft!Thats a huge increase from about 40 years ago. In the ... Read more..

Review Of OptimusFutures.com

Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I was asked to review Optimus Trading website, http://www.optimusfutures.com as part of my ReviewMe membership, which pays me to review relevant websites. Check out my bookstore. [All content is copyright of ... Read more..

Why High Gas Prices Don’t Matter

Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in Rants | 2 Comments »

A lot of poeple have been complaining about the price of gas at the pump. In fact, Congress has enacted an anti-gouging law that provides upto 10 years in jail ... Read more..

What To Do In Case Of A Kitchen Fire

Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | No Comments »

Here's a very short video on what to do in case of a kitchen fire. I'm filling it under personal finance since it could save your house (and maybe even ... Read more..

That Crazy Loonie

Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in Currency, alternate investments | 1 Comment »

In the wake of the commodities boom, the Canadian currency has appreciated almost 50% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of 2002. In the last three months alone, ... Read more..

Hogs Pigging Out And An Ethanol Alternative

Monday, May 21st, 2007 Posted in Cars, Commodities, Oil and Gas | No Comments »

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the rush to produce ethanol has resulted in sharply higher prices for corn. Corn is used to feed cattle and pigs ... Read more..

New Million Dollar Coin

Sunday, May 20th, 2007 Posted in Coins, Gold/Silver | No Comments »

In part as a marketing exercise, The Royal Canadian Mint has produced a $1 million face value coin containing 100kg of .99999 pure gold. With gold currently trading at $660 per ... Read more..

Beware The Chinese Stock Market

Friday, May 18th, 2007 Posted in Foreign Stocks, Investing | No Comments »

On the front page of today’s South China Morning Post, there’s a quote from Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man. As a Chinese, I am worried about the mainland stock market. ... Read more..

Kiyosaki’s Words of Wisdom

Friday, May 18th, 2007 Posted in Investing, Kiyosaki | 4 Comments »

There is a saying that goes, "When your picture appears on the cover of Time Magazine, your career is over." If you have access to the June 13, 2005 issue ... Read more..

So, Tell Me About Yourself

Thursday, May 17th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 1 Comment »

One of the questions I dread at interview time is the "So, tell me about yourself" question. I usually never have a clue how to answer this. Although in the ... Read more..

Daimler Pays To Get Rid Of Chrysler

Thursday, May 17th, 2007 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

After acquiring Chrysler in 1998, Daimler Chrysler AG has cried uncle and found someone to take the loss making unit off their hands. Private Equity firm Cerberus, is paying Chrysler ... Read more..

New Book By Monish Pabrai

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 Posted in Book Review | No Comments »

Monish Pabrai is being called the 'young Warrent Buffett'. He's been returning 30% annual returns for his investors, similar to what Warren Buffett had been returning in the initial stages ... Read more..

Housing Demand Drys Up In Southern California

Monday, May 14th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | 4 Comments »

According to Hagerty's article in the WSJ, Mortgage Woes Force Banks To Take Hits to Sell Homes, An auction of nearly 100 foreclosed homes here Saturday showed that mortgage lenders ... Read more..

Government Programs Getting Bigger.

Monday, May 14th, 2007 Posted in Taxes | 2 Comments »

Here's some interesting info.Gary Shilling, an economist in Springfield, N.J., figures that 52.6% of Americans, including dependents of direct recipients, "now receive significant income from government programs," the Christian Science ... Read more..

Recession Proof Living

Friday, May 11th, 2007 Posted in Investing, Paris Hilton | 1 Comment »

Here's a somewhat decent article on ways to recession-proof your life. Most of it is common sense. It can be summed up rather simply. Don't over-spend, over-leverage, over-invest or over-work. Look ... Read more..

Detroit Downtown Real Estate Is Hot

Thursday, May 10th, 2007 Posted in Real Estate | 1 Comment »

According to Bloomberg,Luxury Condo Developers are invading Downtown Detroit.$1 million dollar penthouses and other luxury condos are going up alongside vacant skyscrappers in Downtown. Several ex-atheletes are joining in too. ... Read more..

Paris Hilton Gets A Nude Sculpture

Thursday, May 10th, 2007 Posted in Paris Hilton, Rants | 1 Comment »

Shock scupltor Daniel Edwards just released a Paris Hilton Autopsy Sculpture. She's naked, wearing a prom-queen tiara, here legs spread open and has a cellphone in her hand. Her lovable ... Read more..