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Thursday, June 28th, 2007Today I read a really interesting article called Wake Up and Smell the Inflation on Forbes.com, on how the reported inflation figures are far below the true inflation numbers - it seems that there are many reasons a government would want to keep the reported numbers below the actual figure.
As stated in the article:
Interest [...]
Personal Finance Carnivals
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007I must apologize for the lack of articles in recent days, I have been extremely busy with work and other outside projects; there will be more stuff coming up soon, so stay tuned!
To hold you over, I’m linking to three personal finance related carnivals that provide a wealth of information. Take some time out of [...]
High Customer Satisfaction = High Stock Price?
Saturday, May 19th, 2007One of my favorite consumer blogs is Consumerist.com, which has tons of interesting stuff to read every day. Yesterday they strayed from the norm a little bit and posted a piece about the stock market, entitled “How To Beat The Stock Market: Buy Companies With High Customer Satisfaction Scores”. The post has received 16,000 page [...]
The Mystery of the Bees
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Small, buzzing bees. They bothered you at your picnics when you were a kid. You never really took much notice of them, until one day, they started to disappear. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well believe it or not, bees all over the country have been disappearing at an alarming rate over the past 6 [...]
Weekend Financial Stories of Interest
Sunday, May 6th, 2007Here are some interesting stories from the world of finance over the weekend, just in case you can’t find something to read this Sunday afternoon:
Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World, in the NY Times, is an article by Stephanie Strom all about a new type of investment firm: one owned by a [...]
Cell Phones in Cars
Friday, May 4th, 2007So I was driving home from work in my car, and while paused at a very long light, started to look at the drivers whizzing by me. What did 7 of out every 10 drivers all have in common? (No, I didn’t perform a scientific study - it’s just an estimate!) They were all talking [...]
Virtual Worlds, Part the Second
Saturday, April 28th, 2007So you’ve tried Second Life. You know about Sony’s upcoming Playstation Home. You think the idea of hanging out with your friends online in a virtual environment that you may or may not be able to create sounds like fun. Well, what’s the other side of the coin? What’s the business and monetary part of [...]
Book Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Here’s the second book review in my ongoing book review series! Today I’m going to be discussing the book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins. Right in the preface, Perkins explains that Economic Hit Men
… encourage world leaders to become part of a vast network that promotes U.S. commercial interests. In [...]
Using Web 2.0 for Career Development
Monday, April 16th, 2007Web 2.0 refers to the usage of the World Wide Web as an interactive medium, inviting users to take part in shaping the content of their favorite websites. A few examples include Wikipedia, Myspace, and Del.icio.us. All these sites allow users to create their own content, which then becomes available for everyone to read. Many [...]
Education and Time Management
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Continuing education is very important to me - I certainly don’t believe that my learning finished after I graduated from college. Since I’ve entered the workforce I’ve gotten a new education in a way that could never be taught inside a classroom. However, as often as I can, I endeavor to read new books and [...]