20 May 2009

Insurance

http://alumni.columbia.edu/access/s2_3.html

Try liberty

bike

www.ridethecity.com

carrots and tomatoes

Some canned produce, such as carrots and tomatoes, is actually more nutritious than fresh - this is because our bodies absorb antioxidants such as lycopene and beta-carotene better when the foods have been cooked.


14 May 2009

Street Kings

"It means you got eyes like apostrophes, you dress white, talk black, and drive Jew. So how am I supposed to know what kind of zipperhead dog-munching dink you are if you don't?"
Keanu to "Thug Kim" who is of course not played by a Korean.

08 May 2009

Rich Bernstein

1. Income is as important as are capital gains. Because most investors ignore income opportunities, income may be more important than are capital gains.

2. Most stock market indicators have never actually been tested. Most don’t work.

3. Most investors’ time horizons are much too short. Statistics indicate that daytrading is largely based on luck.

4. Bull markets are made of risk aversion and undervalued assets. They are not made of cheering and a rush to buy.

5. Diversification doesn’t depend on the number of asset classes in a portfolio.Rather, it depends on the correlations between the asset classes in a portfolio.

6. Balance sheets are generally more important than are income or cashflow statements..

7. Investors should focus strongly on GAAP accounting, and should pay little attention to “pro forma” or “unaudited” financial statements.

8. Investors should be providers of scarce capital. Return on capital is typically highest where capital is scarce.

9. Investors should research financial history as much as possible.

10. Leverage gives the illusion of wealth. Saving is wealth.

19 March 2009

21 February 2009

not AMAZON

www.cellforcash.com
http://www.gazelle.com/

I read about these two sites from US News magazine. We sent a phone to cellforcash, they confirmed that they received it but they haven't sent us a check. We complained to the FTC but it's not likely anything will happen. In my follow up research, I saw that Wall Street Journal had also written favorable articles on this site. It's unfortunate that reputable publications give favorable publicity to suspect sites.

Gazelle - we have not tried, so don't know how reputable they are. At this point, I'm suspicious of anything not named AMAZON.