Archive for December, 2007
Friday Finance Findings for December 14th
As anticipated, this past week was about as bad as it gets. Between driving through the ice storm, waking up at 4am every morning, and staying at a crappy hotel, I’m glad to be home. I can’t wait for the weekend so I can catch up on sleep and finally regain some energy. But before [...]
Poll: What Asset Allocation Strategy Do You Use?
Asset allocation is simply creating a portfolio with holdings among a number of different assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or cash. The goal of asset allocation is to create a portfolio in a way that meets your particular needs, minimize risk, and meets investment objectives. The three major asset allocation strategies are: Strategic [...]
Santa Isn’t Coming This Christmas Because There Isn’t Any Home Equity to Tap Into
If this article at CNN doesn’t illustrate how screwed up people are when it comes to money, I don’t know what does. I keep hearing the argument that mortgage brokers are evil and have caused this real estate mess, and while that may be true, for every bad broker, there are just as many cases [...]
Friday Finance Findings for December 7th
All I can say is TGIF. It has been a long week, and next week won’t be any better. I just found out that I’m going to be spending most of next week at a lousy hotel in the middle of nowhere to attend to a remote client. Not only that, but they want me [...]
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