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Investor Presentation for JPMorgan/Bear Stearns Deal @$270M
I love the web. I can’t believe we live in a time where a guy like me can actually review the presentation behind something this momentus, in close to real time. Credit to Paul Kedrosky’s Blog. Slice...
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New ETN to Track Chinese Renminbi & Indian Rupee
Caught this in yesterday’s news: Morgan Stanley has teamed up with Van Eck Global to launch currency exchange-traded notes offering exposure to the Chinese renminbi and the Indian rupee. The Market...
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Where No Fed Has Gone Before
There has been a lot of sensationalist talk in the past two weeks since the Bear Stearns acquisition by JP Morgan Chase. I’ve seen editorials slamming the Fed for doing too little, for doing too much,...
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Parting Ways with Paul Krugman on Social Security
Thank goodness, I was getting worried there. For a while, Paul Krugman was making more and more sense to me. It had me worried, because I remember distinctly feeling more and more alienated by his...
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The Problem With Raising the Capital Gains Tax Now
OK, normally I stay away from posts that could be perceived as political. But it’s hard to comment on economic issues in the heat of this intense primary season without venturing into those dangerous...
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Vanguard Is Splitting 3 ETFs… But Why?
Vanguard had a funny announcement today that I had to comment on (from Vanguard.com): Vanguard announces share split for three exchange-traded funds June 04, 2008 – Vanguard announced today a...
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How to Create Your Life Plan
Interesting timing on a post from Lifehacker today: LifeHacker: How to Create Your Life Plan The article points to a blog post by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. The post from Michael...
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Financial Advice for the Current Market Conditions
I have a special attachment to Saturday Night Live, since it debuted the same year I was born. This skit is genius, and summarizes the best financial advice you are going to get this year. It’s...
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Why the Price of Gold is Sinking Fast
The price of gold has dropped below $700 an ounce, and that has a lot of people in the precious metals community puzzled. After all, isn’t gold supposed to be a safe haven in times of financial...
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Understanding Deflation: Bonds Paying 0%
There wsa a good article in today’s WSJ (requires subscription) describing the unique point we hit today in the bond market. Some durations of US Treasury bonds are now actually paying negative...
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Refinancing? Try Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PFCU)
With rates plummeting these days, many people are choosing to refinance. My family falls into that bucket, as we refinanced our home almost five years ago (2004) at the low, low rate of 4.5% for a 5/1...
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The Benefits and Pitfalls of Inverse & Double/Triple ETFs
Caught this article on Seeking Alpha on Wednesday on the problems with using inverse ETFs. It reminded me of a topic that I’ve debated quite a bit with Elliot Shmukler over the past two years, and...
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Bernie Madoff: YouTube Justice
I haven’t posted here to date on the Bernie Madoff scandal. No sense writing a huge amount on the topic at this point – it’s been well covered elsewhere. Let’s just summarize my feelings as: We will...
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In Defense of Repricing Stock Options
This is actually news from last week, but Google announced that they are repricing their employee stock options. John Batelle has fairly representative coverage on his blog. His post cites coverage...
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Timber Interview: Adam Nash
Of all the unexpected outcomes that have come out of my blogging experiment here on WordPress, one of the most surprising has been the amount of attention I received for a post on why I like investing...
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Thoughts on the Obama IRA
Nice quick piece today in the Wall Street Journal about the proposed “Obama IRA”: WSJ: Breaking Down the Obama IRA It’s been a while since I’ve written a personal finance-related post, but this move...
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The Best Hedge for Crisis: Gold, Dollar or Both?
I’ve been encouraged by a few friends to spend a bit more time writing blog posts about finance and economics in the real world, as opposed to Farmville. (Hopefully the Zynga fans will allow me brief...
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Quicken 2007: How to Repair A Broken File
Only a long time Quicken user will empathize with the trauma of having your Quicken data file fail to open. It happened to me this weekend, and after a couple days of experiments, I finally solved the...
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Accredited Investors: Fixing the Dumb Money Problem
We’re now days away from the potential passage of significant financial reform, and a particular issue in the bill caught my eye. This excerpt is from Businessweek: Currently, a person must have a net...
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Lessons from the Masters of Deflation
You can’t open a decent newspaper these days without coming across an article warning of impending deflation. (Yes, I know. How many people still open a decent newspaper?) Deflation, the Bizarro twin...
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