Yield Curve Explained – MBA Mondays

February 28, 2011

The yield curve is explained in this week’s MBA Monday topic.  For years, I used to hear about “the yield curve” and remain disinterested because I thought stocks were so much cooler than bonds.  Bonds were for old farts, right?  What I’ve come to learn after an MBA and witnessing the near collapse of the […]

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How To Find the Best Airfare – We’re Going to Disney World!

February 23, 2011

We’re going to Disney!  So, my wife’s on a mission to find the best airfare for our family of 5 to go in a few months.  I had told her I don’t have time to go through and comparison shop and since she’s home and our youngest still naps, etc., so she can spend a […]

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Middle East Revolutions and the Markets

February 20, 2011

With citizens revolting in country after country around the Middle East, you’d think revolution was the new black.  When Tunisia’s leadership was ousted, it barely made the nightly news.  Egypt eventually became a front-page story given a rather prolonged period of demonstrations, the fact that Americans at least know Egypt for their pyramids and Google […]

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OUTRAGE in Wisconsin: Dems FLEE the STATE to Avoid Union Vote

February 17, 2011

In a spectacle that will be sure to be remembered for years to come, Wisconsin lawmakers literally FLED THE STATE in order to avoid voting on a measure to basically allow public sector employees to be treated like the rest of us – you know, contribute money to retirement and health care, get raises in […]

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Imagine a World with No Fiat Currency? Here it Is…

February 15, 2011

There’s a rather interesting video from this Dutch big thinker floating around the web where, among other things, he espouses his vision of a world where we have various bartering systems set up that relegate dollars and cents to the trash heap and rather, groups barter amongst themselves, realizing a multitude of benefits. Bartering Schmartering […]

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Review: OnepriceTaxes.com

February 14, 2011

It’s tax time again.  Despite what you’ve probably heard about the vast complexity of the US tax code, most Americans can actually e-file their taxes online without the use of an accountant or tax preparer in person.  I did this for years until very recently when I had the added complexity and documentation associated with […]

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