Archive for August, 2011
Next Entries »A Look at Current Yields for the 30 Dow Stocks
Monday, August 8th, 2011One thing the last few days of market turmoil has done is bring up the dividend yields on stocks. Of course, dividends are not guaranteed. If times get tough enough, companies can always reduce or suspend their dividends. That said, here is a look at an Excel spreadsheet I put together this afternoon of all [...]
So Much for the Internet Providing Information…
Monday, August 8th, 2011I have to say I’m getting a little frustrated at the lack of transparency with index providers as of late. I used to be able to get total return numbers for the ten sectors of the Dow Jones Total Market Index from the Dow Jones website. Not any more. They have taken away that information [...]
Quote of the Day…
Friday, August 5th, 2011“The man who releases an idea that helps men understand themselves and the universe puts mankind forever in his debt.” From: Mises the Man by Leonard Reed
Sea of Red…
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Is This Proof That Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme?
Thursday, August 4th, 2011My post from Tuesday generated quite a few comments. One of those comments was one from Jim. I copied the opening paragraph to his comment below: I’ve paid the maximum every year for 46 years and invested even more than that in the stock market. Funny thing – one day I woke up and all [...]
AARP’s Response to the Budget Deal
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011Found this in my email inbox: WASHINGTON—AARP CEO A. Barry Rand offered the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 to raise the debt ceiling. Throughout the past several months, AARP has been focused on preventing cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits for the millions of beneficiaries [...]
My Facebook Friend’s Interpretation of the Budget Crisis…
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011One of my facebook friends posted this in their status this morning. I thought it was a humorous way of looking at the budget crisis: “UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGET CRISIS INSANITY: Cecilia and I have decided we are going to cut our budget. Instead of spending $100,000 this year of money we have to borrow, we [...]
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