College Cheating Viral Video -The “Deal” I Would Have Offered

November 21, 2010

Last week there was a popular video circulating where a college professor confronts his class after learning that somehow, students obtained access to the test key used for an exam and statistically, it appeared as though about 1/3 of the class cheated.  The video is somewhat lengthy, so I’ll break down the high points for […]

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Weekend Reading – The Luck o’ the Irish Edition

November 18, 2010

It was a tumultuous week in both equities markets and credit markets.  In the EU, several troubled countries saw their bond spreads over German bunds spike to record levels, especially Ireland.  Earlier in the week, Ireland was steadfast in their denials that they would entertain an EU/IMF-financed bailout but by Friday, it appeared as though […]

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How Inflation Screws the Poor the Most

November 17, 2010

With all this talk of inflation on the horizon while the US and Europe embark on bailouts and print money like it’s goin’ outta’ style, it’s instructive to evaluate what the impact of hyperinflation would be on you, the people you know, and the country at large.  Without expounding on historical interest rates, the correlation […]

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I Fought The Deficit and The Deficit Won.

November 16, 2010

There’s a really interesting, fun and somewhat deceptive tool at the NYTimes [deficit tool] which allows you to toy with various proposals in order to cut the deficit and in real time, you can see how you did.  As you can see, the tool starts off with the present assumptions and lets you cut from […]

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Top MBA ROI: Day 1 Data Shows Huge Returns

November 14, 2010

Businessweek released a pretty comprehensive report on top MBA programs both in the US and abroad.  I like the format they used where they took aggregated data on median salary upon entering the program and starting salary upon exit.  If I make a few very basic assumptions about the program, I can derive some quick […]

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Have You Checked Out the Currency Blog from American Express?

November 14, 2010

I’m really enjoying both participating in and reading posts from my favorite bloggers at the recently launched Currency blog from American Express.  It’s the only thing like it that I know of, whereby they’re featuring fresh content from probably 2 dozen top personal finance bloggers. While I’m humbled to be part of the group, it’s […]

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