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I liked the article as well. He seems to be basically writing to people deciding on individual investments: a single stock, or a single manager. We probably can effectively eliminate confirmation bi ...

Gary Klein, a psychologist at Applied Research Associates, of Albuquerque, N.M., recommends imagining that you have looked into a crystal ball and have seen that your investment has gone bust. Next, ...

I am just having trouble visualizing anything other than a very unusual circumstance under which an investor would need to sell his individual bonds. I would love to hear examples.....(other than exa ...

... that the best you can do through the Vanguard/BondDesk combo is call them up and ask them to request a bid from dealers (and only dealers). They'll do so and call you back, tell you what the bid ...

IMO, anyone trading muni-bonds should know about the [url=http://www.emma.msrb.org]MSRB emma website and should verify that the markups they're paying are reasonable.

All you have to do is enter th ...

A violation notice is essentially the same thing as a ticket or a citation. The lack of the word citation means nothing.
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't buy this. Private citizens and companies can c ...

Can anybody answer this?

If the computer says 802.11 b + g, is that internet connection going to be slower than if I get an N wireless card? Or does it not really matter?

I'm going to be usin ...

The Celeron has a smaller cpu cache and this causes the entire computer to run slower. With a celeron, the cpu clock speed becomes less important, since the cpu often has to fetch needed data from ...

Lots of people are saying <$500 should do the trick, but I'm having a hard time finding anything that cheap after including MS Office and tax.
Do you already have a current version of MS Office th ...

BTW, the answer to Dell's support problems is to only buy off of their small business and corporate lines - Vostro and Latitude if you are looking at notebooks.
I second that. I've gotten decent Del ...

I filed a claim with the other driver's insurance company, as this supposedly would not require me to put up my deductible, and they would cover a rental car under some obscure state law. I cheaped ou ...

The other driver may have just been following the instructions on their insurance card. One of the 'In case of accident' instructions on my card from State Farm is "call the police." I would ...

I use [url=http://www.flexibleretirementplanner.com/tools/PortfolioAssetAllocationTool.xls]this spreadsheet that I created several years ago to work with data exported from Quicken.

There's a tab i ...

When you buy a laptop battery, try to make sure that the battery you buy ihasn't sit on the shelf for a while. Like I said before Li-Ion loses capacity even when sitting on the shelf. If that battery ...

I agree that things aren't always as they seem on the Internet

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One thing I've learned about tracking water infiltration is that even after drying, water leaves behind tell-tale signs. Although the moisture/condensation theory makes a lot of sense to me, the pro ...

Just wait until

Unlike possibly other commercial products, I am not aware of any tax issues involved in purchasing Canadian medications. Maybe some tax experts can comment on that.
Tax issues asi ...

IMO, the pricing differences are probably as much about market segmentation attempts by Toyota as they are about import duties. Just like airlines, car manufacturers would like to charge each custome ...

Health insurance co (BCBS -- Anthem) is raising my premiums by 20%.
First, unlike car insurance, renewal premiums in most states (all?) aren't determined by your individual claim history. Instead ...

Are you sure the lens you tried wasn't a 75-300 IS? That is a known dud. The 70-300IS is universally regarded as a fantastic lens IN TERMS OF IMAGE QUALITY. In terms of build quality it's just as y ...

... but I would definitely get that rather than the 18-200 you mentioned (of course then you'd have to swap lenses... oh well such is life with a DSLR)

As a serious amateur and very happy owner of ...

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Yeah, but did you also see [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPB45AUmchM]the video?

Jim

What I want to know is, are the people on this forum who hold gold, who seem pretty level-headed to me--let's not call them goldbugs, maybe GoldBogles--anyway, are you guys rebalancing, and if so how ...

Gmail will automatically fetch emails from your Yahoo or any other account. When you respond, it's as if you're replying from the yahoo account the person originally emailed. Gmail can actually fetc ...

Another question would be whether I could access Gmail safely on the unsecured wireless connection? I'm afraid the answer to that is No...
If you use https://mail.google.com/mail/ you'll get an SSL ...

Sefton, James “New directions for financial theory” Professional Investor www.cfauk.org, Summer 2009
It looks like it's because the comma after the url is getting tacked onto the end of the url ...

I'd say it's a wash overall.

Price wise, there's been no clear winner over the long term. Every now and then gas becomes a lot cheaper and people start to convert to gas to save money. Invariab ...

So my options are:

1) Get a new computer (the livesoft solution) $800

2) Disable the video card and run it like this for a while $0

3) Purchase and install another NVIDIA card $250

4) Pu ...

This happens to me often as well. My guess is it's just one of those annoying little things about the Vanguard site/pdf technology. It seems to be worse on the pre-filled forms than on prospectuses ...

If you don't mind, it would be interesting to hear roughly what you end up paying for this type of policy.

Thanks,

Jim

My wife and I each title our cars with individual names.
In the OP's case, it clearly makes sense (in terms of liability) to keep her name off the title if the boyfriend will be the primary driver.
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This may sound ridiculous, but if you have a Tivo, I'd suggest that you start recording episodes of "The People's Court."

You don't need to watch the whole show. Just scan for cases wh ...

My neighbor has a Honda mower (don't know the model) and I was highly impressed by how easily it starts. Demonstrating it she pulled the recoil cord out with a slow steady pace and it started right ...

I've had the HRX217 mower for just over 5 years and have been very happy with it. It was expensive to purchase, but it seems well built and does a great job on the lawn.

I got the Honda after a ch ...

The 2004 bankruptcy reform law has made some changes. Rollover IRAs transfered from employer plans enjoy unlimited protection. IRAs from personal money have 1M of bankruptcy protection. Beyond that is ...

If I were to be sued, lets say for being in a horrible car accident. My IRAs are at risk of being taken if I understand correctly.
Protection of IRA assets varies by state. In general, assets are m ...

A great example of why we need traditional journalism. A blogger would never be willing to put in the effort to do this type of investigating. Too busy picking out what pair of pajamas they're going t ...

Here's a [url=http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/05/edmund_andrews_has_responded_t.php]response from Edmund Andrews to Megan's revelation.

so how does one prevent this?
For consumer bank accounts, there's something called [url=http://www.ecommerce-journal.com/articles/all_about_electronic_fund_transfer_act]"Regulation E", or t ...

1) If your computer is a laptop, unplug it from the wall, remove the battery, then wait 20 seconds. Replace the battery and plug it in and reboot it.

You're a frickin' genius. Started right u ...

One other suggestion is to google something like:
"[your computer model name] vista won't start nvidia driver problem"

Try this and similar phrases to see if it's a common problem. ...

I knew basically nothing about SOX, but I was nevertheless pretty sure that nothing so wacky had been enacted as law. A couple years later, after getting constant complaints from their developer cust ...

As far as Vonage, I've been told that you're locked into their specific router, which is also a no-go for me. So, I'd prefer to stick with a true VOIP system for the flexibility it provides me with n ...

I am just saying that every regulatory response has a cost and a benefit. With SOX the costs are obvious and I see that those with first hand experiences of SOX on this thread don't have much good to ...

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I am interested how the “back feed” option would work, since I would prefer using my old phones over buying new equipment. Is it as easy an running a line from a Magic Jack or other VOIP device t ...

Those phones are for business class VOIP systems. They're not needed for most residential uses.

For residential VOIP systems using Vonage or Magic Jack or the like, you just use your old phones ...

If you can afford the premiums and deductible (which I guess you can, since you have catastrophic coverage now), a plan like that may be a great deal; you'll get an immediate tax benefit on the HSA mo ...

I do not like Bond Mutual Funds. I do not like the potential for capital loss in my fixed income investments.
I think some folks need to read about and understand "total return" vs NAV flu ...

Do you know if MJ works on controlling security gates ? Our Florida condo is in a gated community where visitors need to call up and the gate can be controlled from land lines only.
Cells won't work ...