Archive for October, 2009
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Monday, October 12th, 2009Allan Roth sent me a link to a post he wrote detailing an insurance investing challenge between Allan and an insurance salesguy. Pretty interesting article (and comments).
Tomorrow Marks My 5th Anniversary As a Blogger!
Monday, October 12th, 2009October 13, 2009, will mark my 5th anniversary as a blogger. Hard to believe I have been blogging that long. I’d like to say it’s all been fun but that would be a lie. Oh, there’s been good things that have come from blogging. Things like: • making friends with people from all over the [...]
Why the World Shouldn’t Count on the U.S. to Pull us Out of the Economic Slump
Monday, October 12th, 2009I did some reading this weekend. Read something interesting in The Economist about the U.S. economy: Consumption accounts for over 70% of American spending. Thus even if households do not go back to 1950s saving rates, their balance-sheet repairs will still weigh heavily on demand in the economy as a whole. An increase of five [...]
I Have Major HP Computer Issues!
Friday, October 9th, 2009I have been an HP customer for YEARS! We bought our first HP product in the Fall of 2000. I have since purchased THREE HP laptops and an HP Officejet. My first laptop from HP was a dv8000 purchased in 2006. It has been an AWESOME laptop. I love it. My other two laptops I [...]
Is it Irresponsible for Dave Ramsey to Assume a 12% Rate of Return in His Examples?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009My church participated in Dave Ramsey’s “The Total Money Makeover Live!” event a couple of weeks ago. I did not attend the event but did pick up a copy of the workbook that went along with the event. I have never counted myself among the Dave Ramsey fans. Sure, his advice is better than racking [...]
The Wastefulness of the Cash-for-Clunkers Program
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Saw this in the November issue of Road & Track… …the dealership was taking in a lot of trades on the Cash for Clunkers program — they’d sold 60 cars in four days! — but he also noted that, in one respect, it was kind of a shame. “How so?” I asked. “Well, when these [...]
When the Going Gets Tough…The ‘Rich’ Bail?
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Increasingly, homeowners with good credit and no late payments are making what appears to be a strategic decision to walk away when their home’s value falls below what’s owed. Beth sent me a link to the article on MSN that is the source of the above sentence (The Rich Bail Faster on Mortgages). More from [...]
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