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January, 2008

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The worst financial advice from around the web! (Today only)

[Updated below! 10:58am PST 6:14pm PST]
Today is going to be awesome. As you may have seen, stock indexes are dropping all over the world. That means that the kooks are coming out today! There will be lots of pundits mouthing off about what this world is coming to. Oh, doom and gloom!

Image from the New [...]

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Measure yourself using the same techniques the Fortune 500 uses

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I have a very attractive single female friend who’s convinced that she needs to lose weight to get a boyfriend. I took one look at her a few months ago and said, “You’re crazy.” She looked great. Despite my comments, she decided to spend [...]

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When iwillteachyoutoberich readers miss the point

Just got this email:
My name is XXXXX XXXXXX and I am the Senior Marketing Analyst with [XXXXXXX.com]. I have looked over your blog…and I think there is an opportunity for the both of us. I would like to offer you a partnership with our Company. The partnership is 100% FREE and the link [...]

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Another ridiculous credit card offer

(via The Consumerist)
Related:

Volkswagen targets stupid people, tries to rip them off

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Links: Cheapest Family in the Nation, Chicken Little, Beer in Zimbabwe

Some of my reading from last week:

Sam Stovall: “Since 1950 we have had 48 pullbacks – meaning declines of 5 – 10%. We’ve had 18 corrections – meaning 10- 20%, and 8 bear markets. At the worst on average we end up getting back to normal in about 3 1/2 years. But people just don’t [...]

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My friend was about to buy a million-dollar house with no research

Note: I’ve created a new category called “Real estate” (see the other categories on the right side of the blog).
One of my friends is 28 and she’s looking to buy a house in San Francisco pretty soon. Now, as you know, I’m not a big fan of real estate for investment reasons, but because I’m [...]

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