Archive for October, 2009
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Publisher, Wiley, sent me a review copy of The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide* to read and review. I read it in one sitting (it’s a REALLY short book) and thought it would be cool to give away. But, before we do that, let me share my thoughts on the book. I like this book. [...]
The $10 Trillion Shift?
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Interesting article I just read: Wealth Management Due for $10 Trillion Shift: BlackRock Exec Ever think about what kind of impact Baby Boomers are going to have on the economy and stock market if and when they start positioning their retirement portfolios for income rather than growth? I’m thinking that there will be a shift, [...]
Why The Economist is Cautious on the Economic Outlook
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009In the most recent issue of The Economist, comes this interesting paragraph on why we should approach the current state of the world economy with caution: …Despite a welcome return to growth, the world economy is far from returning to “normal” activity. Unemployment is still rising and much manufacturing capacity remains idle. Many of the [...]
Resources for ETF Investors
Monday, October 5th, 2009Today’s Wall Street Journal’s Quarterly Funds section, contained an article on Resources for ETF investors. Some of these websites charge for services but most of them offer some free information. Their choices: MORNINGSTAR (morningstar.com/goto/etfs) YAHOO FINANCE (finance.yahoo.com/etf) MARKETWATCH (marketwatch.com/tools/etfs/html-home.asp) INDEX UNIVERSE (indexuniverse.com) ETF TRENDS (etftrends.com) ETF GUIDE (etfguide.com) ETF DATABASE (etfdb.com) I’ll also add these [...]
“The Rude New Tip-Jar Economy”
Monday, October 5th, 2009Liz Pulliam Weston is mad at how crazy tipping has become: “I pride myself on knowing how to tip and on being a generous tipper. But a recent encounter left me reeling. “I got a massage from a chain that offered a $35 special rate. It was a good massage, so I’d planned to tip [...]
S&P Average Total Returns by Month Going Back to 1926
Friday, October 2nd, 2009The above graphic shows the average total returns for the S&P 500 Index* by month of the year going back to 1926. Notice the only month to have a negative average return is September (-.75%). February, with it’s average total return of .06% (that’s six-tenths of one percent) is the second worst month. The two [...]
Introduction to Banking
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Here’s something interesting I found on YouTube a couple of weeks ago. It’s a classroom series on the basics of finance and banking. I found them to be interesting. I think every person would do well to at least learn the basics of how business should work. Here’s the first video of the series along [...]
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