Filed in archive Health
by Justin McHenry on September 27, 2006
Sort of thinking aloud here... Health care costs are skyrocketing, right? In fact, although the increase in costs has slowed down, they're still moving up twice as fast as inflation. No one thinks...
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Quotable... My Open Wallet: "I think standard of living can't just be judged by comparing year to year averages. At any given time, it's also about where people see themselves in relation...
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So I read in various places about this new investing startup Zecco that is going to offer free stock trades, and make its money from site advertising versus customer commissions. Then I got an e-mail...
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Can it really be that we've reached Part 10 in our 29-part series on the Oracle of Omaha? It can, so let's do it. Today we pull wisdom from Warren Buffet's letter to Berkshire Hathaway...
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Cox Communications is my cable company and my cable Internet provider. I read some bad stuff about Cox, but normally their services are pretty reliable and I don't have an issue. But Heaven forbid...
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Remember when Pearl Jam tried to take on Ticketmaster about 10 years back because of Ticketmaster's outrageous service charges on tickets it sells? Pearl Jam lost, and the "convenience...
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Filed in archive General
by Justin McHenry on September 22, 2006
This past spring USA Today profiled 6 couples, focusing on the state of their finances and giving them access to financial planners who could help them correct their courses of action, either slightly...
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Listen... Divorce to Financial Freedom on the 8 to 5 window her refrigerator repair shop gave her: "...I am praying for an early appointment with the repair guy, which you know won't...
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Filed in archive Housing
by Justin McHenry on September 20, 2006
I got stupid and bought some homebuilder stocks a little while back. Looks like I'm going to have to hold on to those for a few years if I ever want my money back. But my loss is your...
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financial planning is crap. You go to a financial planner whose motives you question, you make a lot of assumptions about how much money you'll make, how long you'll live, how many kids...
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Yesterday this New York Times article asked a question I've often pondered, "Why do the rich go broke?" The answer, somewhat predictably, is that their raging egos make them believe they...
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As I neared the end of The Accidental Investment Banker, a very entertaining behind-the-scenes look at Wall Street's power brokers, I couldn't help but think, "So what?" Yes,...
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In part 9 of our 29-part series (only 20 to go!) on Warren Buffett's words of wisdom, we peruse Buffett's assessment of Berkshire Hathaway's 1985 performance. 1985 was a big year for...
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Haven't done the cheap grab by pirating others' blog posts for a few days, so it's about time... Writer @ Large: "...the cash-back bonus, like all such offers, is practically nothing,...
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A new condominium called The Atelier, on West 42nd in New York City, is accepting American Express for down-payments. Based on the info in this article, these condos, which are still being built, are...
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In today's edition of the New York Times, David Leonhardt's article "Distractions and Bargains Bought in Bulk" questions whether consumers get fooled into thinking they're...
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I'm just finishing up a very interesting book called The Accidental investment banker by Jonathan Knee (I'll have a review tomorrow or the day after). One section in particular struck me, and...
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Filed in archive Economy
by Justin McHenry on September 11, 2006
Gene Epstein, economics editor for Barron's magazine, has written a new book called Econospinning that promises to reveal "how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the...
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My friend makingourway (you can tell we're friends because we're on a first-name basis) has a bit of a career dilemma. He's got the inside track on a job in Chicago, but it would require a...
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Just sayin... My Open Wallet: "I'll spend half an hour trying to get $6 back from Verizon, but the deli is the valve that lets the pressure off, the place where you just shrug and let a...
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Part 8 in our series investigating the words of wisdom in Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. This time we look at Buffett's assessment of the year 1984....
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My family and I ate out this weekend and had lousy service. It wasn't that the waitress was bad--on the contrary, she was pretty good, but the restaurant had her working a ridiculous number of...
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Filed in archive General
by Justin McHenry on September 01, 2006
I wish it wasn't Labor Day weekend, because I kind of like working, and I don't really want that extra day off. Hard to believe, huh? I'm a little surprised myself. But lately things have...
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Happy September! Let's start it off with some words of wisdom from a few financial bloggers: Get Rich Slowly: "Now that I have reached middle-age, money represents freedom. For more than a...
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