It's flu and cold season, and I'm just recovering from being sick myself. Who knew there was even something called Tylenol Cold Multisymptom Liquid Severe or Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Congestion and Cough? That is, if you can find it while wading … [Read the rest]
Here is an interesting chart comparing the correlation of various asset classes to the S&P 500 over the last 5 years. Chart is from Richard Bernstein Advisors, found via The Reformed Broker. A negative correlation between two asset classes … [Read the rest]
Movie streaming service EPIX and the NHL are giving away a free trial membership good until March 6, 2015. Only thing you really need is a working e-mail address; no credit card or personal information required. Won't work on your TV, you'll need … [Read the rest]
Amazon runs various temporary "Lightning Deals", but if you filter to only show the Gift Card deals you'll see a running list of gift cards to various retailers at 20% off for a limited time. Amazon Prime members get early access, but many of them … [Read the rest]
Alan Watts was a "British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience." I actually stumbled upon his readings via a trailer for Days of Our Youth, a movie about … [Read the rest]
(Updated. Lending Club ended their first day of trading at $23.43 a share, up 57% from their IPO price. With roughly 361 million outstanding shares, LC is roughly a $8.5 billion dollar company! I have updated the post to include the rest of the … [Read the rest]
Whenever Vanguard founder Jack Bogle speaks, I listen. He has spent more time thinking about how to help the average investor than I have been alive. I found this recent Bloomberg interview covered a lot of topics regarding portfolio construction. … [Read the rest]
Businessweek magazine celebrated their 85th anniversary by listing what they deem the 85 inventions with the greatest impact over the last 85 years. #1 was jet engines, but #17 was the fixed-rate mortgage. At the time, it was bold and … [Read the rest]
I like my smartphone as much as the next person, but I'm also intrigued by things that last a really long time. Things that my children can inherit from me. Things like quality tools, classic books, good knives, or cast iron cookware. Up until … [Read the rest]
Expired as of midnight Eastern. I thought 100k would last longer than a day. Starbucks has a new $10 holiday bonus promotion: Be one of the first 100,000 to buy a Starbucks Card eGift (min $10) with your Visa® card and we will add an additional … [Read the rest]
Vanguard has announced that they now support two-factor authentication via SMS text messages when logging into your financial accounts. There should be a little blurb when you log in, or after logging in you can navigate to "My Accounts > Account … [Read the rest]
Here another data point on the topic of adding international bonds to your portfolio. The AllianceBernstein Blog has post on how adjusting the US/Global mix of your bond asset allocation affects risk-adjusted returns: Using data from … [Read the rest]
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