Archive for the ‘Investing’ Category

If I need to ask what “forex” is, I probably shouldn’t try it!

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

It's a little embarrassing that I've seen so many advertisements and blogs for things related to "forex" and I never bothered to look up what the heck that meant. Thankfully, it turned out that I had heard of what it means, just not by that word.  "Forex" is an abbreviation for ...

Don’t use your time profitably? Sue someone!

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

If keeping your day job is the cake, then investing in yourself outside of your day job is at least the icing, or maybe even another four or five cakes' worth. But if that sounds like way too much work, there's always the chance you can hit the jackpot by suing ...

V from Violent Acres and I might have something in common

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Totally on a lark I visited the blog Violent Acres after staying away for a long time. The points that "V" makes in her posts are frequently flashes of brilliance, despite all of the cursing. I refrained posting about her work because I resented being put in my ...

Review: Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market?

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

A few months back I received a complimentary review copy of Mariusz Skonieczny's Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? which claims to help you "[l]earn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market. This book was a very ...