Fraud, Repair Costs and Claims Inflate Car Insurance Premiums

October 21, 2010

FRAUD, personal injury claims and increased repair costs have caused the biggest rise in car insurance premiums since the AA began its records, it has been reported. According to the latest AA British Insurance Premium Index, which measures premium movements for 2,800 car insurance customers from more than 80 brokers, car insurance premiums soared by […]

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Darwin’s Portfolio October Update – It’s a Winner!

October 20, 2010

I’ve been updating on my portfolio performance monthly (see updates here) by showing what an even-weighted portfolio of my long stock holdings would do against the S&P500 index, which most professional money managers fail to beat over time.  Thus far this year, both my long holdings and my total portfolio performance (includes options trades, shorting […]

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I was Diggin’ the Tea Party…Until They Went Batshit Crazy

October 19, 2010

For any regular followers, you already know that I’m no fan of Obama’s destruction of the economy, I’m dismayed by what the Republican party has turned into, I’m sick of stupid stimulus pet projects, special interests, and dumb legislation with questionable motives…so you’d think I’d love the Tea Party.  And I thought I would too. […]

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Worst. Trade. EVER! …

October 18, 2010

CNBC is running a decent series this week on the Worst Trade Ever by various key industry leaders.  Warren Buffett’s story today was pretty neat.  He went into how he bought out a textile company early on basically due to emotion (the head of the company really pissed him off) and that company (Berkshire Hathaway! […]

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Unemployment Discrimination? Let’s Make Another Law !!!

October 16, 2010

In typical fashion, the Huffington Post was all over a proposed law in New Jersey that would fine employers $10,000 for posting an ad that explicitly excludes unemployed applicants.  Some assemblyman without much sense (Barnes-Dem) actually wanted to go as far as making the unemployed a protected group under state civil rights laws like women, […]

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Hindenburg Omen: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?

October 14, 2010

Being a continuous doomsayer on markets and the global state of affairs is appealing to many.  It sounds cool.  It makes you seem like you know how the world really works and nobody else knows what the hell they’re talking about.  You’re calling out the media and that “Wall Street Machine” for their positive propaganda.  […]

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