Bogleheads

At current rates (Nov 16th data below) and the popularity, I'm thinking TIPS are not a good buy right now. It's just the contrarian in me.

But that's not the point here is it?

I really ought to write to Jeff Bezos. If he could solve the problem--for example, if he'd agree to give me free Kindle copies of all the GemStar content I own, i.e. if the eBook industry as a whole a ...

My Yahoo!

I've used it for years. Low bandwidth requirements. Easily customize to include stocks, weather, sports scores, different news sources.
Same here,
Jim

Me too.
I've been using My Yah ...

Buffett also owns 10.5 million shares of Union Pacific and 6.4 million shares of Norfolk Southern.

Does he get to drive the train?

It was the best of times,...Buffettit was the worst of times,...Roubiniit was the season of Light,...Buffettit was the season of Darkness,...Roubini, etc. etc.

Now, I propose a game. Buffett says i ...

How easy is it to actually move to Denmark, or any of these other countries on the list? How about a list of best places to live to that you can more or less just pack up and go to?

I believe this is exactly the type of thing that should be taught by schools. I'm afraid I just don't follow the argument that this should only be taught outside of schools.

However the school bu ...

How would you have felt if the windfall came March 2009 and the global stock market shot ahead 70% in 6 months, and you failed to put the money to work?

No easy answers.

No there aren't, but I ...

Years ago, my wife began saying there was a real estate bubble because house-flipping shows were popping up on HGTV.

Yeah, its now officially the house flipper channel. Nearly all shows are about ...

A recent study of dollar-cost averaging vs. going "all-in" in one lump sum favors the lump-sum approach. Add DCA to the list of "investment myths" that cost you money.

On the ...

Wow! What a great article filled with examples of how to handle a windfall poorly. It reminds me of one of my favorite lines: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

But.. ...

The "sit in an empty shack with just the bare necessities" crew is always ready to leap in with their "guilty of being alive" ethics. Ooops, did I just push my platform?

To 'fe ...

We in the U.S. way over-consume relative to the carrying capacity of our planet. And there are a billion hungry people out there. Spending $3K keeping an ailing cat alive for 18 months is a decision ...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43212

More Americans Falling For 'Get Rich Slowly Over A Lifetime Of Hard Work' Schemes

I knew it was too good to be true.

As true Philthy-delphia sports fans, I'm sure that Mel, Alex and I are just waiting for the Phils to blow it

They came close to blowing it with the Rockies. If it wasn't for the collapse of Husto ...

I would like to see instant replay in baseball playoff games, but not for balls and strikes.

I agree no replay for balls and strikes, but I would love some kind of technology to call the balls and ...

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet! Excellent quality good price highly rated. Depending where you go it may be as high as $12, but I can find it under $10. Compares well against more expensive w ...

The smaller banks are waiting for the leaders such as WFC, JPM, BoA, and C for direction. If they see them implementing annual fees and higher interest rates across the board, then so shall they.
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I don't believe in the idea that anything goes when trying to make a profit. If the contract between customer and service provider gets too lopsided customers will walk or just not use the service. L ...

When I read articles like this I get depressed.
Here's a thought. Just don't read them. You link to an article written by a person who is not an economist and has no particular expertise in the sub ...

If this is a cry fest, then maybe the current generation needs to learn from this as well. Number of years with a company doesn't, nor should it, guarantee you anything. You should be socking away a ...

But the true "tomorrow's stars" don't stay unemployed for long. If their company tossed the entire workforce out of a job, these stars are the first to be hired.

Bull.

There's a big ...

I'm shocked. Our government actually did something useful: Laughing

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/
I'll take a look, thanks. Some good suggestions here.

I stopped by my local ...

Once upon a time, when I was in college, I'd go to the library and - instead of doing the work I was supposed to do - I'd sometimes browse the microfiche archives of old newspapers. I found it fasci ...

Bingo, your point?

You just made his point.

One year FDIC insured CDs yielding 2% are available:

http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/cd-investments/cd-investment-results.aspx?local=false&tab=CD&prods=15&ic_id=CR_searchCDRates_cd_1yea ...

We have done some pretty extensive research of places that we would like to live, and we have narrowed it down to Colorado. Colorado is calling us, but our knowledge of Colorado is just "internet ...

i know about FDIC protection, but does this bother anyone?

Yeah, it bothers me a lot. ING is my main CD and MM repository so even with FDIC I worry about it. I've left my money there even as thei ...

But obviously the asset will increase in value over time.

May not be as obvious as you think.

16oz./pound

6000 pounds = 96000 oz.

$995/oz. gold

$95.52 million?
Wars were really cheap in those days.

Loot, pillage and burn was a viable economic system if you had the military prowess ...

if markets are efficient, the apparently significant "risk premium" on things like stocks exposed to economic downturns must be due to an actual chance of a significant economic downturn. S ...

how is ING Direct able to pay 1.4% on their Savings Account vs. Vanguard Prime Money Market of only .24%???

http://home.ingdirect.com/products/products.asp?s=OrangeSavingsAccount
Borrow short, len ...

Lifesoft provided a very important link to a
"The total-return approach to spending is identical to the income approach for investors whose portfolios generate enough cash flow to meet their sp ...

I doubt you will find this helpful, but this is my sincere response to your question based on the current landscape.

Get a new job. One of you must pick employment based entirely on obtaining heal ...

About 12 minutes each way by bike, all year-round, through rain, snow, ice, and 90+ heat.

I have an additional question for those of you commuting by car, for any distance: as the price of gasoline ...

It is beyond me why anyone would tolerate commuting more than 30 minutes each way.

You could also ask why anyone would tolerate living in the cities with the crime, trash, higher taxes, and other a ...

I can't count the number of times people have dumped their coffee on me.

Your post may be a clue as to why people have dumped coffee on you so often Wink

actually i think it was the "I H ...

Most importantly I am beginning to think that it is Very Difficult to have a Very Good lawn and I need to learn to live with weeds as well as grass. Since most people in our town depend on water fr ...

The stock market depends on the performance of the economy. If the performance of the economy is bad, then the stock market will suffer. However, if the performance of the economy is bad, the governme ...

I doubt this thread will go down a good path. I think it will be a lot of hearsay because the factors that lead to crime and murder specifically are extremely complicated. Eg, check out the controvers ...

These numbers are scary:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32007564/ns/health-aging/

Well I guess we could all croak instead.

Now look at a business man who gets rich:
He typically had the idea, took the risk.
Someone else's idea, he took the credit.
He typically has a skill set. (science,construction, marketing)
Taking ...

They already know they get paid way too much money for what they do.

Dang that free market. Maybe we can pass a law.

Legalize it!

It would help to reduce the financing and power of the drug gangs. It would also help the police and legal system focus on other things reducing the impact on time and resources, not ...

The neighbor paved right up to the property line to accommodate his 5 vehicles so the limbs extend over one of them. That would not be the case if he had a normal driveway. It is his choice not to use ...

You could move to the city where there are less annoying animals around.

No need to take much investment risk when you have earned that kind of money. Easy come, easy go. Great baseball player but a lousy money manager. Maybe this experience will humble him and make him a ...

I am curious...

For those who vote "no", does that mean you wouldn't even consider buying from a U.S. automaker if all other factors were equal?

Is there a foreign bias that you cannot ...

So am I just crazy to want to do this?

I say you'd be crazy not to.

I agree, go for it. You only live once, but you can sit in cubicle forever.

I do highly recommend that you don't blow i ...

This is not another one of those posts.

Are you sure about that? Very Happy

It sure looks that way to me. Just another "Dividends are bad, I don't understand why people like them" post.