The General Motors Garage Sale is in full effect, with the bankrupt behemoth selling off all random and peripheral properties and businesses it’s acquired over the last 100 years. For sale currently are such thrilling items as a parking lot in Flint, Michigan and a self-polluted stretch of land bordering the St Lawrence River that…
July 2009
Droppin' Knowledge: Bill Gross on the Aftermath of Engorgement
PIMCO’s Bill Gross has his July commentary up on the web and his perspective is, as always, no-nonsense and interesting. He begins by graphically describing the circumstances that led to the obesity-related death of a baseball umpire as his set up: “Kill the umpire,” the fan cried to open the 1996 baseball season in Cincinnati, and…
Skimping On Our Patriotism This July 4th
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWzUumHhcGg] (The NYC Fireworks Display of 2007…in better times) July 4th has always been and will always be my favorite holiday. It combines my favorite things in the world: American pride, BBQ, warm and sunny weather, a day off from work and loud noises/ flashing lights. Unfortunately, this year there will be considerably less oohing…
Wade Slome, Welcome to the Blogosphere (i hate that word too, sorry)
I have a new blog for all of you financial blog groupies, it’s called Investing Caffeine and it’s written by Wade Slome. You may have heard of Slome before, as he’s written a book called “How I Managed $20,000,000,000.00 by Age 32“. The book centers around Slome’s road to professional money management, which included a…
