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Recent Blog Posts
How the Whole “It’s Just a Few More Dollars” Attitude Makes Me Poorer
on Jan 9, 2007 in Frugality Social Commentary I’m deciding between ordering a medium or large “coffee” drink, and low and behold, a large is _just_ $0.40 more! Seems like everything being sold has an “upsell.” Might as well “go large” since it’s...
Money Saving Tips: Eliminate Baggage from your life
on Jun 13, 2007 in Simple Living Frugality Saving Over at NCN, a popular post has been the compilation of money saving tips from all over the blogosphere. To keep up with the Smith's and the Jones', I thought I would go ahead and post as well.On Sunday, I talked about the "Ancient" Portfolio theory...
Do It Yourself!
on Jun 13, 2007 in Simple Living Frugality You know the old saying - "If you want something done right, do it yourself." Not only is this the way to make sure the work you do is quality work - but it can often be a lot cheaper too. Just in the past three weeks, I have done a number of project...
"Ancient" Portfolio Theory
on Jun 13, 2007 in Character Simple Living Frugality Most people have heard of the "Modern Portfolio Theory". Generally, it posits that diversifying one's portfolio, properly diversifying for a given level of risk will maximize returns. It's interesting that throughout history, however, that for any...
"Ancient" Portfolio Theory
on Jun 13, 2007 in Character Simple Living Frugality Most people have heard of the "Modern Portfolio Theory". Generally, it posits that diversifying one's portfolio, properly diversifying for a given level of risk will maximize returns. It's interesting that throughout history, however, that for any...