Posts under ‘Investing’

With the stock market taking it’s largest 1 day hit ever, many in Washington are fearing an all out economic collapse. Personally I feel the drop is somewhat deserved. After all, weren’t most consumers involved in the housing bubble or credit crisis somehow? Aren’t most of us charging increasing amounts of money we don’t have [...]

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The proposed $700 billion dollar bailout failed to pass in congress today, and the markets did not take well to it. As I write this, we’re looking at a about a 500 point drop. Things may get dicey from here, I’d wager. Popularity: 19% [?]

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It may appear that I picked a rather poor time to work for myself. After all, nationally speaking, we’re facing a serious financial crisis. So far everyone goes to their job like usual and by and large no one is paying all that much attention, but I feel like we should be. Think about it. [...]

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If there’s one thing most of us don’t need these days, it’s more inflation. Commodities like oil and grains, though they’ve come down recently in July, are still well above what we were paying a year ago. Everything is more expensive these days, and wages are not keeping up. I’m not all doom and gloom, [...]

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My oldest brother and I often have brainstorming sessions about our next big idea. From producing bio diesel for tug boats to renting out chairs for weddings, we come up with all sorts of stuff. Unfortunately, he’s still latched to his 9-5 job, and thus his capacity to work on such projects is extremely limited. [...]

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