Archive for August, 2007
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Weekend Personal Finance Review - Boston Sports at their Peak? Edition
My regular readers know that I’m from Boston and that I’m a huge sports fan. I’ve been blessed by seeing the great Celtics teams in the 80s, the Red Sox World Series in 2004, and the Patriots three Super Bowls this decade. The stars may be aligned for 2007-2008 to top all that [...]
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My One Money Advice
The Digerati Life has tagged me to give my one piece of money advice. The meme was started by Moolanomy. He’s already had the popular suggestion of “spend less then you earn.” While that may be one of the best pieces of advice, I prefer to give some new or at least [...]
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Prosper Beats the S&P 500?
“Prosper beats the S&P 500” - That’s the subject heading from an e-mail that appeared in my in box last night. If that surprises you it probably should. It surprised me and I support the company more than most people. However, there’s a graph and everything so it must be true, right?
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Advertising versus Previous Experience
Earlier this week, I was reading how marketing affects how children perceive food at Get Rich Slowly. The original study claims that low-income children from age 3-5 perceived store-bought food in McDonalds’ wrappers as better tasting.
Five immediate thoughts came to mind:Was it advertising or marketing that made the food appear to be taster… or [...]
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Market Timing with 401K Contributions
Last Week, I said now was a great time invest in stocks. Those who listened to me are probably upset as the Dow continued to drop from around 13,250 to 12,700. They may get more upset with me in the coming weeks and months. I’m confident that in years though, they’d [...]
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