Archive for July, 2010
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Friday, July 9th, 2010On November 20, 2008, I posted about some thoughts I had read in an economics book along with an email I received from the one of the authors of that book. His email: I do not believe that political decision-making is good at directing resources toward productive activities and away from counter-productive ones. Thus, substitution [...]
Barron’s 13 Undervalued Big Companies
Thursday, July 8th, 2010From this week’s Barron’s: “After the recent market drop, 13 of the top 25 companies in the S&P 500 index trade at or below 10 times estimated 2011 profits.” I have just one question regarding the above sentence: How reliable are 2011 earnings estimates? I mean, analysts have a hard time predicting next quarter’s numbers. [...]
GIVEAWAY: “Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere”
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Affiliate Link I’m happy to announce the latest AllFinancialMatters.com Giveaway: One copy of Jason Kelly’s Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere: Don’t Be One Of Them* All you have to do to enter the giveaway is: 1. Read my interview with Jason (here) 2. Leave a comment on this post Just remember my two rules: 1. [...]
I’m Pretty Sure Forex People Are the Most Frequent Spammers
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Rant on… As a blogger, I have to weed through all kinds of spam. However, I have to say the most frequent spam I come across is that for forex trading. A close second (I haven’t done an actual poll) would have to be for debt reduction websites. Oh and we must not forget all [...]
821 FICO Score…
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010We’re looking at our mortgage and thinking about refinancing in order to take advantage of rates, which are about 2 points lower than our current mortgage. We received a letter from the bank, explaining the credit score. On a scale of 300 to 850, the score was 821. That’s pretty darn good if you ask [...]
Ten Questions for Jason Kelly, Author of “Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere”
Monday, July 5th, 2010I’m happy to post this Q&A I had with Jason Kelly (via email). Q: What led you to write Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere: Don’t Be One Of Them*? A: I’d written a lot about personal finance in the past, and so had other authors, but the subprime mortgage crisis made it clear that none [...]
Identifying a College’s Financial Fingerprint
Monday, July 5th, 2010This is a guest post by Lynn O’Shaughnessy. See bottom of post for more information. Colleges costs are skyrocketing. At least that’s what everybody assumes, but it’s not true. College sticker prices are soaring, but what matters are the actual costs that parents must pay. And this is the good news: net prices — after [...]
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