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    Monday, December 3, 2007 From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 3, 2007 at 12:56 am ET As promised, here’s my follow-up to last week’s post, Total Market Index vs. Sector Investing. In that post, I mentioned that a spin on investing in the Dow Jones Total Market Index (TMI) would be to buy equal allocations of the ten sectors that make up the TMI and rebalance them annually. I [...] ... (more) Friday, November 30, 2007 Will Freezing Subprime Mortgage Rates Help? (7 clicks)
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November 30, 2007 at 11:39 am ET I’m skeptical that freezing subprime mortgage rates is the answer to our subprime mortgage mess.
But freezing mortgage rates is exactly what the government and financial institutions are about to do, according to this front page article ($) in today’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s some of the highlights from the article:
Details of the plan, which [...] ... (more) Thursday, November 29, 2007 The Real Key to Acheiving Your Goals (5 clicks)
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November 29, 2007 at 3:56 pm ET It's easy to turn your dreams into goals on paper, but you're much more likely to acheive those goals--and be satisfied when you do--if they reflect your true values. ... (more) Question of the Day - Paying for College (2 clicks)
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November 29, 2007 at 2:09 pm ET From Some Colleges Cut, Eliminate Student Debt ($) in today’s Wall Street Journal comes this question of the day:
Should there be a minimum payout requirement for colleges and university endowments?
The article gives an example:
Amherst College, for instance, spent 4.6% of its $1.34 billion endowment in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. That is the [...] ... (more) Wednesday, November 28, 2007 From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 28, 2007 at 3:50 pm ET I just received an email from a PR person for NeatReceipts asking me to mention a promotion they are running. Some of you may remember the NeatReceipts giveaway I held on several months ago. Anyway, each week between now and Christmas, NeatReceipts is going to give away $1,000 to one lucky winner. [...] ... (more) Total Market Index vs. Sector Investing (5 clicks)
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November 28, 2007 at 2:34 pm ET Take a look at the graphic below, which is the sector allocation of the iShares DJ Total Market Index Fund (IYY):
Notice anything significant about that allocation? I’ll give you a hint: it’s the fact that over 17% of the fund is allocated to the financial sector. Unfortunately, financial stocks have been hammered this [...] ... (more) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Merrill Lynch is Full of Bull… (2 clicks)
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November 27, 2007 at 11:51 pm ET Flipping through the WSJ tonight, I came across a full-page ad for Merrill Lynch (page A7 in the paper if you’re interested). The ad says this:
In 1915, Charlie Merrill said,
“The interests of our clients always come first.”
Today we make the same
unwavering
declaration:
The interests of our clients always come first.
Then, further down the page is this [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 27, 2007 at 3:15 pm ET Okay, I finally got around to installing the “Share This” plugin, which can be seen at the bottom of every post. It’s a cool little tool that will allow you to share any posts that you think are worth sharing (it’s also a great way that you can help me grow my blog).
The [...] ... (more) How the Heck Did This Woman Get a Mortgage? (61 clicks)
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November 27, 2007 at 1:36 pm ET From Citigroup Feels Heat To Modify Mortgages ($) in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal:
Ana Cecillia Marin, a 36-year-old single mother of three, owns a 20-year-old ranch house on a dusty, garbage-strewn acre in Palmdale, Calif. She says she earns $34,000 a year managing flower sales at a Los Angeles food store and selling clothes on the [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 27, 2007 at 12:01 pm ET That’s a chart of this year’s performance of the Dow Jones Bank Index, which is a wieghted index of 88 banks. Looking at the chart, it appears that 2007 is going to be a horrible year for bank stocks.
Consider this:
Of the 86 remaining banks* in the Dow Jones Bank Sector Index, 80 [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 27, 2007 at 12:59 am ET Taking a week off put me slightly behind on my roundup schedule. Anyway, here’s a short roundup of the MoneyBlogNetwork happenings over the past week:
Nickel renews his distaste Dish Network.
Jim reviews 100 Minds That Made the Market.
Speaking of reviews, Flexo reviews Russell Bailyn’s Navigating the Financial Blogosphere. - I received a copy of [...] ... (more) Monday, November 26, 2007 Why Companies Use Reverse Stock Splits (1 click)
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November 26, 2007 at 4:58 pm ET While working on another post, I came across Doral Financial, a company whose stock was trading at $2.87 on December 29, 2006. Today it’s trading at $18.70. At first glance that looks like a stellar rate of return so far this year.
You would be wrong.
Why?
Because on August 17, 2007, with the stock trading [...] ... (more) Do You Know How To Work? (23 clicks)
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November 26, 2007 at 12:43 pm ET Ben's basic message is that "while almost everyone I know went to college, very few learned how to actually work -- i.e., how to give an honest day's labor for a paycheck." ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 26, 2007 at 10:23 am ET I like old books. Even though some of the advice in Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Affiliate Link) is dated (as you’ll see below) it amazes me how common sense never goes out of style.
Here’s Dale Carnegie’s 11 Principles for Managing Your Money:
Rule No. 1: Get the facts down [...] ... (more) I’m Baaaaack! (6 clicks)
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November 26, 2007 at 10:20 am ET It’s hard to believe that it has been a week since I last posted! Time flies!
We had a great Thanksgiving. My family started arriving on Wednesday afternoon. We had 17 people staying at our house (including my family). On Thanksgiving day we had 28 people in our house. It was [...] ... (more) Monday, November 19, 2007 From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 19, 2007 at 9:48 pm ET I had no idea. I just got this email from Sharebuilder:
ShareBuilder has some exciting news. As of November 15, ShareBuilder has been acquired by ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank with over 5.5 million customers and $75 billion in U.S. assets (part of Netherlands-based ING, NYSE: ING). ING DIRECT shares our vision of [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 19, 2007 at 8:37 pm ET Another week, another roundup…
FMF’s none too happy with his state’s governor.
JD wants to know how to (legally) keep frugality fun and more interesting. - Just keep thinking about how much MORE money you’ll have in the future by making the right choices now.
Nickel with some advice on how to fix sticky Mac buttons. - I [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 19, 2007 at 7:25 pm ET Frank left the following comment in my Turning $1,000 Into $1,000,000 Post:
Great information! Can you publish your formula for these tables? I would love to know what’s going to happen if I put $2000– or $5000 per year into my retirement fund.
Certainly, Frank!
I simply used the RATE function in Excel, which is found in the [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm ET Here’s a question for you:
When Wall Street firms have a bad year, should employees of those firms receive bonuses?
It has been a bad year for shareholders of banks and brokerage firms. Yet, these same firms are going to pay out $38 BILLION in bonuses. According to this Bloomberg.com article, that averages out to [...] ... (more) Saturday, November 17, 2007 From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 17, 2007 at 9:56 pm ET How does your family deal with the inevitable inequalities that arise where money is concerned? Most PF blog readers are probably the responsible, capable ones who secretly might resent your under-acheiving, financially-subsidized siblings. ... (more) Friday, November 16, 2007 My Thoughts EXACTLY! (1 click)
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November 16, 2007 at 4:51 pm ET I love the November 26, 2007 cover of Fortune:
Here’s a link to the cover story.
Oh, and here’s an article I came across last night about who’s to blame for the subprime crisis. The author’s number 1 culprit: Alan Greenspan - give me a break! My number one cause: plain and simple GREED coupled [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 16, 2007 at 10:59 am ET I saw an interesting article on the Motley Fool this morning titled How to Turn $1,000 Into $1,000,000 (NOTE: I linked to the article but be warned that it is basically an advertisement for one of their subscription newsletters). The article got me to thinking about the rates of return that would be required [...] ... (more) Thursday, November 15, 2007 From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 15, 2007 at 11:27 pm ET I added several new blogs to my Links page. The new blogs are:
Mrs. Micah
One Frugal Girl
My Dollar Plan
Think Smarter
I try to add new blogs as I see them. I also started something new tonight by putting add dates beside each blog (it will help me stay organized). ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 15, 2007 at 5:08 pm ET The November 2007 issue of Money has an interview (for some reason Money has decided not to publish this interview on the web) with Michael Sherraden, founder of Washington University’s Center for Social Development and the man behind the idea of giving every newborn baby $500 (or $1,000 for newborns of poor families) to be [...] ... (more) From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
November 15, 2007 at 11:36 am ET FYI - My blogging will most likely be sparse for the next 11 days as I will be spending time with my family. I’ll try to post once a day but, if things are quiet around here, you’ll know why.
This quiet time will give you a chance to read some of my more useful [...] ... (more) Items 330 - 354 of 354
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