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Archive for April, 2006

“In my mind I would be throwing money away by investing in bonds, real estate, gold, etc.”

Real estate and commodities offer high levels of leverage. For example, a house that appreciates at 5% a year doesn’t seem like a good investment and if you hold it for a year, it is a horrible investment. But let’s say you live in a house for 10 years, you put 5% down [...]

What is your wife worth

During a discussion of life insurance with a (all male) group of friends, a soon to be father mentioned he missed out on getting life insurance for his wife before she became pregnant.

Friend 1: what is she worth anyway
Father to be: half mil
Friend 1: haha, I was making a joke
Father to be: haha, so was [...]

A dollar saved is two dollars earned

If you read many blogs, you will see a lot of goal meters around, displaying the percent of whatever the goal maybe in the blogs side bar.
Me being the envious type, I decided I wanted a goal meter. What would be a fun and interesting goal? How about a new car savings goal? [...]