Psychology
Market in Turmoil
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007It’s been a while since I posted - and things have gotten out of control! The market is up, the market is down, the market is up again.. People have been asking me what’s happening and why is their Roth doing so poorly. Well, I hate to break it to you, but the stock market [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Retort
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Well, looks like I riled up someone out there… this is a retort to this post by Sophistpundit (aka Adam) on my post The Wool Over Our Eyes.
First off, before I begin this retort, I’d like to point out that there is a comment system setup for people to actually comment on my posts [...]
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 [...]
The wool over our eyes
Monday, March 26th, 2007I was pondering last night (as I do most nights) and had some thoughts on the current state of our society, so get ready! There were maybe 7-8 people over at my place, and the conversations started to shift from the usual “How was your day yesterday” to items such as celebrities (Paris Hilton - [...]
Virtual Worlds, Part 1
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Everybody in our society loves to get away. Whether through a vacation, movie, Internet chat, book, or even drugs and alcohol, just about everyone has a favorite way they unwind, relax, and put the stresses of our everyday lives to the back of their minds. Perhaps one day soon we will never have to leave [...]