Debit Card Fees: There's A Pony In There
The banks are going to find a way to take our money. I'd rather be able to see what I am spending than hunt for the pony.
View ArticleIf Warren Buffett Can Have Secrets, Why Can't I?
If Warren Buffett Can Have Secrets, Why Can't I?
View ArticleTrue Aim - Does Elvis Costello Act Against Self-Interest? Will Merkel?
True Aim - Does Elvis Costello Act Against Self-Interest? Will Merkel?
View ArticleIf T. Boone Pickens Isn't Too Old To Invest, Neither Are You
If T. Boone Pickens Isn't Too Old To Invest, Neither Are You
View ArticleWikipedia Blackout: Grand Gesture or Grandstanding?
Wikipedia Blackout: Grand Gesture or Grandstanding?
View ArticleFacebook IPO Filing: It's What You Don't Say
Facebook IPO Filing: It's What You Don't Say
View ArticleFind Hidden Messages in Earnings Reports for Fun and Profit
One of my day jobs is helping my clients interpret/decode their clients' earnings reports so they can best match money to value. Just like the who-sits-by-who in the old USSR May Day parades, there...
View ArticleWhat Do $5 Gas, Iran And Improv Have In Common?
All three reflect the pros and cons of unified action.
View ArticleFacebook and Instagram: Ask Don Draper
A billion dollars for two manager/stockholders and eleven employees working at a two-year old profitless company? Is this a fever dream?
View ArticleWhat Do the Beam Acquisition of Pinnacle Vodka and the Borgias Have in Common?
They both have to do with double entry bookkeeping. Fun topic, right?
View ArticleHey, Mark Zuckerberg! Are You My Friend?
Don't know about you but I have actual friends, Facebook 'friends', and Linkedin f r i e n d s, in descending order of, you know -- real friendship. The minute one of them recommends I buy something...
View ArticleSpain Is Not Uganda. Say What?
Spain wanted a bailout, basically $125B new debt from the Eurozone. In the middle of negotiations, Spain's Prime Minister texted his finance minister to hang tough, saying "We're the number four power...
View ArticleSoccer is Life: Germany v. Greece
Germany is 100:1 times likely to beat Greece today in men's soccer at UEFA 2012. Giorgio Karagouni, Greece's captain and goal scorer against Russia (whom they beat to make the quarters), is out for...
View ArticleObamacare: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Taxes
Much flap everywhere about Romney calling 'Obamacare' a TAX. I say, GOOD! At least it is honest. By the way, the word TAX and Obamacare are connected because the Supreme Court said they were, and...
View ArticleDeacon Blues: There's A Name For It (Besides Short Selling)
Steely Dan says: You call me a fool. You say it's a crazy scheme. This one's for real. I already bought the dream. So useless to ask me why. Throw a kiss and say goodbye. I'll make it this time. I'm...
View ArticleThis Brew's For You: Craft Beer Economics for Your Labor Day Pleasure
Let me first say that I do not drink, though my husband does. This post was inspired by a forced-march to Meantime Brewry in Greenwich, UK, where I was treated to a three-hour plus session watching...
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