Archive for the ‘Investing’ Category

I’m saving my check from Uncle Sam for later

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

(If I get one.  The chickens aren't hatched yet.)  That's what I did with the $300 check I received in 2001.  It wasn't burning a hole in my pocket at the time.The $100 billion (give or take a few billion) injection of liquidity -- also known as a "stimulus package" ...

Copper cents will probably get very scarce, very soon

Friday, December 14th, 2007

One hundred million pennies made their way to the for the Penny Harvest Field in New York City's Rockefeller Center, a display covering nearly 5,000 square feet to a depth of over two feet. Behind the Penny Harvest is Common Cents, which "nurtures a new generation of caring and ...

Better best beach beast investing

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

One book my daughter chooses for me to read to her is Dr. Seuss's Oh Say Can You Say? which is filled with all sorts of terrible tongue-twisters. It's fun to read, but being the occasional picky grammarian, I took issue with one of the features: Upon an island hard ...

Invest in yourself by learning things of value

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

In my post on finding time to invest in yourself I mentioned that one time sink can be video games. Being a child of the 1980's I spent a lot of time on my Odyssey2 and way too much time in the arcade playing Centipede, Galaga, and Ms. Pac-Man, ...