Weekend Reading: It’s Earnings Season! Again.

July 22, 2010

I crack up each time earnings season rolls around and the talking heads on CNBC say, “It’s the most important earnings season in years – this is a pivotal point in the stock market, tune in”.  Either they say this a lot or I just happen to tune in when they’re saying it, but they […]

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Things You Should Charge To Your Credit Card and Things You Should Never Buy on Credit

July 22, 2010

The following is a guest post from AskMrCreditCard: If I had it my way, we should all use credit cards for everything (to earn rewards) as long as we pay our bills fully and do not spend frivolously. But some folks do not really like credit cards because they might cause them to overspend. Even […]

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How I Made 164% Today on Apple Options

July 20, 2010

  I made a 1 day gain of 164% today assuming Apple opens at or above the current after hours quote of $259.2 per share.  How?  Well, I used leverage on a purely speculative move (so don’t try this at home if you don’t fully understand the risks – namely that 2/3 of all stock […]

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2 Years of Unemployment Insurance – How Much is Too Much?

July 19, 2010

With Congressional wrangling over continued extension of unemployment benefits (now up to almost 2 years at 99 weeks for some cohorts, although the current debate is to extend newer participants), it’s worth exploring where it’s appropriate to draw the line.  There are passionate pro and con arguments and depending on your perspective, you may feel […]

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How Would You Fix This Economy? Weigh In

July 18, 2010

The US economy is jacked up.  There’s no doubt about it.  Things don’t appear to be improving any time soon either.  Without giving a long-winded intro and background, I’m just going to lay out various factors influencing economic recovery, which in some cases are diametrically opposed, and then I’d like for you to weigh in […]

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In Defense of Teachers

July 15, 2010

Well, I was reading a blog from my buddy Evan over at MTJM.  I like Evan and I like his blog and we often agree.  But after he went on a rant about teachers (Why Teachers Anger Me), and in reading some of the comments, it was evident to me that there are a lot […]

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