Archive for October, 2007
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Lazy Man Update
It’s been a little more than two weeks since I’ve been without a day job. Here’s a little update of the odds and ends of how that is going and what I’m doing.
I find myself twice as busy as I’ve ever been when I had a job. It’s a good busy though, making [...] -
Three Great Commericals From One Financial Institution
Since I’ve resigned from my day job, I’ve found myself watching a fair amount of CNBC. I find that I learn something new almost every hour. However, for the second time this week, I want to focus on the commercials. In particular Lincoln Financial has a brilliant campaign going on. As [...]
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My experience as a member of CNBC’s Fast Money live audience - Part 3
I surprisingly had a number of people write me to finish my experience as a member of Fast Money’s live audience. I was a little surprised because I got the feeling that I was going off topic for a personal finance blog. Alas you requested and I can’t make you wait any longer, [...]
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Is It Better When You “Win” It?
Ebay has been running an interesting campaign over the last couple of weeks. You may have seen a series of “Shop Victoriously” commercials. These show people in competition for some kind of trinket or collector’s item, such as a classic lunch box or an urn. By the end of the commercial one [...]
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My experience as a member of CNBC’s Fast Money live audience - Part 2
Yesterday, I took you though the preparation and process of being an audience member of CNBC’s Fast Money. When we last left, I was just arriving at the Computer Science Museum at 12:20, ten minutes before I was requested to be there and an hour and a half before the live broadcast starts.
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