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November, 2006

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“What’s next for stocks?” — is this for real?

Notice the quotes around the title of this post, because I would never, ever write that myself.
From yesterday’s CNN Money article, “What’s next for stocks,” let me try to shed some light on how these “insights” are conceived:
First, make confusing claim with no clear answer, using qualifying words like “seem”:
So where is the market headed [...]

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Wow, this is a great article

Casey points me to You Can Learn a Lot From a Rich Girl, a breathtakingly good article filled with insights about the dumb things we do with money:
The author (I don’t know who it is) writes about Marilyn, the “rich” girl:
Driving home from the bar one evening, my friend Marilyn confided in me that she [...]

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I am a moron part 635

God damnit.

I had checked out about 15 books, and I knew about 5 of them were overdue, but I didn’t get around to returning them for a couple weeks. This is really unusual of me, and I was feeling like quite the rebel, until I thought about it and realized I was feeling hardcore for [...]

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When Friday Entrepreneurs Go Wrong

Gabe Rosen sends this article from USA Today:
FERN PARK, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy stole a bus, drove it along a public transit route, picked up passengers and collected fares, authorities said Sunday.
“I drove that bus better than most of the LYNX drivers could,” the teen, who is too young to drive legally, told [...]

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Meet the 24-year old with $2.2 million in debt

Regular readers know that I’m not especially enthusiastic about investing in real estate (see here and here for examples of why), so this post won’t come as a big surprise.
But it’s not just about why I think stocks are better. Many of you have been hearing about the blog http://www.iamfacingforeclosure.com, written by a 24-year-old [...]

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