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Archive for August, 2007

Paris Paid To Attend Own Birthday Party

Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Business | 2 Comments »

Its not enough that celebrities people get paid for guest appearances at night clubs and public events. They now are getting paid to host their own birthday parties!Paris Hilton was ... Read more..

Become a Better Investor

Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Investing | 1 Comment »

The Orlando Sentinel has sad story about condo flippers in Miami. They put down $100,000 on a pre-construction condo and now either they lose their deposit or they close on ... Read more..

How To Start A Vending Machine Business

Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Business, Passive Income, alternate investments | 1 Comment »

If you've ever wondered how much money the vending machine guy at your office makes, here's an excellent post by GeniusTypes on how he got into the vending machine business.It ... Read more..

Yield On 10 Year TBill Keeps On Dropping

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Investing, Stocks | No Comments »

Even though the past few sessions in the stock market have been rather choppy, the yield on the 10 year treasury has steadily dropped over the past several weeks.Ever ... Read more..

How The Carry Trade Really Works

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Foreign Stocks, Global Economy, Investing, REITs | No Comments »

Here's a really, really good video on how the carry trade works and what implications it has on global asset prices and the global financial stability.I think the carry trade ... Read more..

Are Jim Cramer’s Stock Picks Worthless?

Sunday, August 26th, 2007 Posted in Investing, Stocks | 3 Comments »

According to a recent article by Barron's Magazine title The Cramer Effect (& Defect), readers who follow Jim Cramer's stock picks from his show are more than likely to lose ... Read more..

Prosper Update

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 Posted in Revenue Streams, prosper | 3 Comments »

I started lending money on Prosper.com about 10 months ago. I started out with a total of $1900 in my account. I've been mainly targeting people with D and E ... Read more..

How To Sell a $14 Book For $2,500

Sunday, August 19th, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Investing | No Comments »

Previously, I had mentioned a $2,500 book by Mohnish Pabrai called Mosaics:Perspectives on Investing and how I was hoping I could find my own signed copy to hawk on Amazon. Well, ... Read more..

The Raging Bull

Friday, August 17th, 2007 Posted in Humor | No Comments »

For all of you that enjoyed (or maybe were horrified by) Jim Cramer's emotional outburst, here's a spoof on that. Its really funny, check it out. You can catch more ... Read more..

Its Official: Hell Freezes Over

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

Last week, hell froze. The Financial Times reports:In a rare unplanned investor call, the bank revealed that a flagship global equity fund had lost over 30 per cent of ... Read more..

Is The US On The Verge Of Collapse?

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »

According to the Financial Times.The U.S. government is on a burning platform of unsustainable policies, and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic health care underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening ... Read more..

Are MBA’s Over-rated?

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Education | 3 Comments »

According to this interesting article,an MBA isn't all its cut out to be.While having that M.B.A. might give you a boost, the reality is that the degree generally isn't ... Read more..

Counter Argument to China’s Threat To Dumping US Dollars/Treasuries/

Sunday, August 12th, 2007 Posted in Global Economy | No Comments »

A few days ago,China threatened to offload its Billions of US Treasuries in retaliation to any US imposed trade tariffs.One of the newsletters I read regularly is from John Mauldin ... Read more..

Mortgage Lenders Squeeling Like Pigs: WAMU First To Cry Uncle

Sunday, August 12th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Real Estate, housing bubble | 1 Comment »

Despite Ben Bernanke's optimism that the sub-prime issues wouldn't spread to the rest the of the economy, not only is it spreading to the rest the of the economy, its ... Read more..

China Pulls Out The Heavy Ammunition!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Global Economy, Gold/Silver | 3 Comments »

According to the Telegraph,The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if ... Read more..

A New Kind Of Nigerian Scam?

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Scams | No Comments »

I recently got an email from a reader that I think I should share with you. It involves a new kind of scam and you need to be aware of ... Read more..

$5 Million Just Ain’t Enough!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 2 Comments »

The New York Times has an article about "poor" millionaires in Silicon Valley, working 70 hrs a week, just to get by.Some of them having networths ranging from $5 million ... Read more..

Turning Japanese

Monday, August 6th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Global Economy | No Comments »

Here's some interesting info from Bill Bonner, author of Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis The Fed is still talking about the risk of inflation...while the ... Read more..

Video: Cramer Frothing At The Mouth

Sunday, August 5th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Rants | 2 Comments »

Here's an interesting video of Jim Cramer imploring Ben Bernanke to stick his head out of the Fed window and see whats happening in the markets. Pretty amazing for a ... Read more..

A Better Way To Lend Money To Friends & Family

Saturday, August 4th, 2007 Posted in personal finance, prosper | 1 Comment »

Lending money to friends and family can be a strain on the relationship (not to mention your finances). Seeing that you're doing well, everyone wants to hit you up for ... Read more..