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Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in inspirational | 23 Comments »
I saw a news clip on Fox saying that Al Gore has made $100 million from his scare campaign on Global Warming. But he's just really a poser - his ... Read more..Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Real Estate, housing bubble | 18 Comments »
The lender has filed a Notice of Default on my condo. I knew this was coming. Ever since I sold the condo in summer 2005 at the peak to an ... Read more..Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Business, alternate investments | 9 Comments »
A couple of years ago, I went to a real estate seminar and met a successful businessman. He was in his sixties and I was amazed to learn that he ... Read more..Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Carnival of Passive Income | 4 Comments »
Welcome to the June 18, 2008 edition of Carnival of Dividends and Passive Income. Given the large number of submissions but lack of quality or relevance to the carnival topic, ... Read more..Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Investing, personal finance | 7 Comments »
Online retailers have been fairing better than their brick-and-mortar counterparts. One school of thought is that affluent buyers make up a bigger portion of online buyers and they fare better ... Read more..Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Commodities, Currency, Economy, Global Economy, Inflation, Investing | 5 Comments »
A couple of days ago, legendary investor, commodity bull and one-time partner of George Soros, Jim Rogers, was interviewed by Betty Liu of Bloomberg's Singapore office. It seems that Jim ... Read more..Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Economy, housing bubble | 3 Comments »
According to this short video from the Wall Street Journal, the mortgage crisis is no longer limited to sub-prime loans. Its spreading to other loans and even construction loans. I wonder ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Investing, Stocks | 1 Comment »
After leading the company's stock price down 60% in a year, Freddie Mac's CEO, Richard Syron, is doing the rounds trying to prop up the stock with feel-good stories. He ... Read more..Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in Investing | 7 Comments »
This post is a follow-up from a previous post about Going Long The Dollar. There were some valid arguments for being bullish on the dollar, however, based on yesterday's economic ... Read more..Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Canroys, Commodities, Currency, Forex, Gold/Silver, Investing, Mutual Funds, Oil and Gas | 6 Comments »
Regular readers know I've been pretty pessimistic on the outlook of the US economy and bearish on the US dollar as well. However, since it seems like everyone is echoing ... Read more..Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Earn Money Online, Passive Income | 26 Comments »
I was so busy in May that I completely forgot to post April's passive income summary. On the bright side, April was a been a record breaking month for me ... Read more..