I never consider buying into banks. They’re always just too safe. They’re always just so “been there done that.” Perhaps were I older, or more risk averse, or retired or something, would I consider them. But I’m none of these. The problem for me has always been that banks just really don’t do that much. […]
I like the stock market because it’s unlike a traditional job. For the time being, for me, I still very much have to work. So, while my investing activities happen to run parallel to my employment activities, I get, instead of some longing to discontinue the job I am not so perfectly suited for, a […]
Two announcements:
1. “What I’m reading right now” sidebar section
You had to know, right? You did know right? Of course you knew. You knew I was a reader. You knew I craved books. You knew I satisfied that craving. Constantly. Books and I are like water and fish. And if you’ve ever wondered what it was […]
As the plausibility of a bear market continues to grow, I thought it would be useful to consider ways that we could react, should the market take a turn for the worst. Even better, let’s let Warren Buffett do it. Here are some quotes of things he’s said over the years that I think can […]
I recently submitted some articles to some blog carnivals and inadvertently had not noticed that the articles were in fact mentioned on the sites hosting the carnivals. I wanted to take a moment and point out those submissions and present the sites:
KCLau’s Money Tips hosted Personal Finance Money Tips - November 3, 2007
Prior to the […]
Originally, I was going to title this something-about-the-benefits-of-holding-cash but damn, this really is, just amazing. After posting better than expected results (better even than my most optimistic version) and after earning the first serious gain in a long while, Headwaters got annihilated today, with much of the market, and broke down to an even lower […]