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The Highest Paying Dividend Stocks

February 12, 2011 · 3 comments

in cashflow, dividends, inflation, investing, lifestyle design, money lessons, stock picks, wealthbuilding, yield

The highest paying dividend stocks will help you weather double-digit inflation much better even than real return bonds will. Just be sure to do a further check for (1) how safe the dividend yield is and (2) whether the stock also frequently raises its dividend. No point owning a dividend stock long term if it [...]

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Review of The Inside Job by Charles Ferguson (2010).
Despite the fact that it’s a trite truism that Wall Street is fueled by greed and “greed makes the world – or at least the markets – go round,” it’s merely the tip of the iceberg of moral depravity and social corruption that has been exposed on [...]

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Money Never Sleeps – But Forward Thinking Does

September 25, 2010 · 3 comments

in US economy, bubble, capitalism, collapse, entertainment, films, market reports, money lessons, money mistakes, recession

Gordon Gekko turns from bull*hitter to born-again permabear and back again in Oliver Stone’s latest Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), a film with as many mixed messages as the S&P over the past year.
The plot of the entire film is driven by the ups and downs of the market – a mix of unpredictable [...]

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Total Costs of Moving To A New Apartment

August 2, 2010 · 5 comments

in apartments, housing, life, living in US, money lessons, money management, moving to U.S., renting, students

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Renting may be generally cheaper than owning (no property taxes, no huge closing fees or major renovation costs), but that doesn’t mean there aren’t costs associated with it. In particular, you probably spend more than you think each time you move to a new apartment on a new lease.
How To Decide Whether It’s Time to [...]

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One week we’re done with market crashes, the next week there’s more talk of bubbles and Wall Street antics wasting taxpayers’ money. This list of market doom headlines is a good enough reminder of how the fear for the end of the world felt like just over one year ago now in early March 2009.
What [...]

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Five Things You Should Have In Your Emergency Cash Stash at Home

February 17, 2010 · 5 comments

in diversification, emergencies, emergency fund, emergency kits, financial planning, lifehack, money lessons, preparedness, savings, self-protection, survival, wealth protection

My wallet was stolen from me recently. I was pickpocketed in the plain of day in the middle of crowds in an urban transit station. I didn’t hear, feel or notice a thing. Suffice it to say, this identity theft can obviously happen to anyone.
Luckily, I’d previously heeded the good advice of not keeping all [...]

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5 Stocks I Wish I Hadn’t Bought

September 8, 2009 · 7 comments

in investing, money lessons, money mistakes, stock picks, stocks

They say hindsight is 20/20, and if this is true at all it is certainly true when it comes to the past performance of your investments. Looking back on how well your stocks or funds have done, you can pick the dogs out with perfect clarity. Here are a few of my own. I’m amazed [...]

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