Weekend Reading Links


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For your weekend reading pleasure a few interesting articles from around the globe about dividends, stocks, the market and other just plain interesting finance or economic oriented articles.

Blackberry… Ick


blackberry ui large Blackberry... IckI hate blackberry, not the company, just the device. In the world of finance and business the blackberry has become a mandatory device. While access to individuals has certainly increased as a result of this device, I am constantly challenged by the poor quality of communication one often receives when dealing with people who use them.

Don’t Buy Things You Can’t Afford



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Anyone who wants to understand how our current economic condition came to be a reality need only watch this movie to appreciate how things came to be such a mess. The pervasive overuse of debt nearly brought the western world to its knees. The question we have to ask is have we learned anything?

Madoff Tips for Prison


investor bernie madoff mugshotToday Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 125 years in prison. To send him off here are a few tips for Madoff on going to prison, bullet points are borrowed from a prison blog Top 10 prison survival

Market Insanity



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Doesn’t it feel this way sometimes?

Everything is amazing, nobody is happy


Every once in a while it is good to put things in perspective. Here is a bit of a laugh but there is a good point in there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jETv3NURwLc