Archive for October, 2007
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New Features make Lending on Prosper Better than Ever
Prosper.com released a few new features recently. These features might be interesting to all lenders or potential lenders. Here’s a run down on some of the new features and how they could affect Prosper’s peer-to-peer lending market.
Portfolio Plans - Prosper now provides an automated method to bid on set portfolios. You can choose from 4 model portfolios that range from conservative (estimated return of 8.37%) to aggressive (estimated return of 11.06%). Prosper uses data from over a year of loans to determine the estimated return. I’m not sure if that sample size is large enough […] -
Did You Get Free Furniture From the Red Sox?
Yesterday I wrote about free tacos from Taco Bell (available today), but that’s small potatoes. The real winners are Jordan’s Furniture customers who took advantage of a furniture promotion. The promotion offered to refund all the customers’ money if the Red Sox won the World Series.
Now thousands of people are cashing in to the tune of more than $15M. Jordan’s Furniture doesn’t have to bear the brunt of the promotion. They bought insurance, so it’s the insurance company that has to pay up. When I live in Boston, I had always bought my furniture from […] -
Free Taco Bell Tacos - Courtesy of Tacoby Bellsbury!
When I considered buying an Ellsbury jersey back in July, I had no idea that he’d be giving me (and the rest of America) a free taco. Allow me to explain…
Taco Bell ran a promotion for free taco’s during the World Series. If there was a stolen base, they’d give America a free Taco. You can read more about it here. Since Jacoby Ellsbury (Tacoby Bellsbury is his new nickname) stole a base, Taco Bell is making good on it’s promise. You can collect your free taco tomorrow (Tuesday) from 2-5PM.
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The Toughest Questions For Me To Answer
Ever since I’ve stopped working at my day job, everyday conversations with friends have gotten difficult. You don’t notice the number of times that people nonchalantly as how your job is going - until you are jobless. It’s as if they are saying, “How are you doing?”, without expecting to get a long, detailed answer. However, the last few times I have been asked that, they have been quite surprised.
I really don’t know how to answer the questions of “How’s Work?” or “What do you do?” I try to say, “I was asked to […] -
Personal Finance Links: Announcing Lazy Man and Sports Edition
I started a new blog this week. I tried not to, but circumstances were beyond my control. Recently, I was driving home and though I was 3,000 miles away from my hometown of Boston, the radio couldn’t get off the topic. With the Red Sox in the World Series, the Patriots undefeated, and BC #2 ranked team in college football, Boston is “an embarrassment of riches” according to the broadcasters. They are 100% right. A neighbor saw my Red Sox shirt the other day and we got to talking. She’s a San Francisco Giants […]
