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Ten Big Mistakes #3: Lifestyle Funded by Credit Cards

Ten Big Mistakes #3: Lifestyle Funded by Credit Cards

Along my financial journey in life , I made a great number of mistakes. In this ten part series which runs from July 19 to July 30, I’m going to focus on ten of my worst mistakes and the difficulties and successes I’ve had in overcoming those mistakes. I…

Ten Big Mistakes #2: Career Choices Based Solely on Earnings

Ten Big Mistakes #2: Career Choices Based Solely on Earnings

Along my financial journey in life , I made a great number of mistakes. In this ten part series which runs from July 19 to July 30, I’m going to focus on ten of my worst mistakes and the difficulties and successes I’ve had in overcoming those mistakes. I…

Private Equity as an Asset Class (The Wiley Finance Series) Reviews

Private Equity as an Asset Class (The Wiley Finance Series) Reviews

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Unfairly reviled, and much misunderstood, private equity differs from all other asset classes in various important respects, not least the way in which its fund mechanisms operate, and the way in which its returns…

Moody’s: Commercial Real Estate Price Index increases in May

Moody’s: Commercial Real Estate Price Index increases in May

Moody’s reported today that the Moody’s/REAL All Property Type Aggregate Index increased 3.6% in May. This is a repeat sales measure of commercial real estate prices. Below is a comparison of the Moodys/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) and the Case-Shiller composite 20 index. Notes: Beware of the “Real” in…

Ten Big Mistakes #1: Student Loans as Lifestyle Support

Ten Big Mistakes #1: Student Loans as Lifestyle Support

Along my financial journey in life , I made a great number of mistakes. In this ten part series which runs from July 19 to July 30, I’m going to focus on ten of my worst mistakes and the difficulties and successes I’ve had in overcoming those mistakes. I…

Reader Mailbag: Abraham Lincoln

Reader Mailbag: Abraham Lincoln

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. What is a callable CD? 2. Frugal laptop questions 3. Reducing budgeting stress 4. Adequate insurance for single folks 5.…

The Practical Guide to Wall Street: Equities and Derivatives (Wiley Finance) Reviews

The Practical Guide to Wall Street: Equities and Derivatives (Wiley Finance) Reviews

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The Practical Guide to Wall Street is an indispensable resource for anyone who aspires to a front-office sales or trading position on Wall Street and an essential desk reference for market practitioners and those…

Double-Dip Days

Double-Dip Days

The global economy, artificially boosted since the recession of 2008-2009 by massive monetary and fiscal stimulus and financial bailouts, is headed towards a sharp slowdown this year as the effect of these measures wanes. Worse yet, the fundamental excesses that fueled the crisis – too much debt and leverage…

Review: Power of 2

Review: Power of 2

Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest. One of the most powerful things you can do in the path towards building the career you want, the social connections you want, and the financial path you want is simply work on improving…

Part 5A. What Happens If Things Go Really Badly? $15 Trillion of Sovereign Debt in Default

Part 5A. What Happens If Things Go Really Badly?  $15 Trillion of Sovereign Debt in Default

Here is the Weekly Summary and a look ahead (Housing, Bernanke testimony, Euro stress tests all coming up). CR Note: This series is from reader “some investor guy”. In order to keep the Really Bad scenario from becoming massively long, it’s in several pieces. This one is only on sovereign…