Don’t forget to drink plenty of American beer!

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First off, let me announce that apparently I’m a “known spammer”.  A few weeks ago, a spammer sent out tens of thousands of spam emails from bogus email accounts using my domain.  Consequently, it looks like I’ve been placed on Akismet’s “spammer” list even though I had nothing to do with it and no way to prevent [...]

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Some of you may have heard of the Permanent Portfolio (PRPFX), an unorthodox mutual fund that bears more resemblance to a modern university endowment (such as the famous Yale endownment) than a traditional retail mutual fund.  What’s so unusual about it?  For starters, the fund has only half its assets in traditional mutual fund asset [...]

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Ah, the age-old question:  do the rich pay their fair share in taxes?  Many liberals argue that they don’t, saying the rich owe their success to the efforts of the poor and middle class and should bear a higher percentage of the tax burden in gratitude.  On the opposite side of the spectrum, most conservatives [...]

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I will be at the beach this weekend so no posts today or tomorrow.  I had hoped to have a few posts prepared to fill in the gaps but unfortunately, things have been extremely hectic the past week and I wasn’t able to pull it together.  Things will be back in full swing monday, though.  [...]

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I participated in two carnivals this week: Three Rules of Leveraged Investing appeared at carnival of personal finance #155 hosted at Moolanomy and do inflation numbers match your experience? appeared at carnival of money stories #62 hosted at Finance Gets Personal.  Here are a few of my favorite links from both.
Carnival of Personal Finance
Five Things Indiana Jones Can Teach Us [...]

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My post exploring whether or not the falling dollar will cause inflation was highlighted as an editor’s pick in this week’s carnival of personal finance #154 hosted by Canadian Dream.  Great job hosting and thanks for the recognition!  Here are a few posts from this week’s carnival that caught my eye.
Organic Tomatoes and KY Jelly [...]

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How did rich people get that way?  One word:  leverage, which according to Investopedia is
“The use of various financial instruments…such as margin…to increase the potential return of an investment.”
Employing leverage, also known as Other People’s Money by pop-finance books such as Rich Dad Poor Dad (note:  While I’m not a huge fan of RDPD overall, author Robert [...]

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My post Don’t Invest Like Warren Buffett was included in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #153 hosted by Money And Values.
Here are a few of my favorite posts from this week’s carnival.

What GTA IV Taught Me About Personal Finance by Pinching Copper
How To Be A Woman by Squawkfox (love the photo)
How To Make Money [...]

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Seeing as how it’s the Friday before Memorial Day and I am feeling lazy as a result, here’s your Friday link (instead of a full-on post).  It’s a comparison before the Chevrolet Volt of 2010 and the Toyota Prius of 2010.  Enjoy!
Prius vs Volt

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