Old Promotion, New Trick: Free $75 With ShareBuilder
(Jul 27) It's actually $71 after expenses, as you'll see below. ShareBuilder is still running the $50 promotion, but now there's a way to get $75 from opening a new ShareBuilder account, using the same promotion code. Here are the details.
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The Economics of Shea Stadium
(Jul 27) I was a New York Mets fan in the 1980s, and my girlfriend's family managed to get me back into the team. A. and I attended their game on Sunday against the Houston Astros, the only game of the series my team lost. It was an entertaining game, with a three-run home run in the ...
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How To Succeed: Be A Jerk
(May 18) Jeffery Pfeffer, a Stanford professor (say that out loud), often invited his friend Keith Ferrazzi to speak to his MBA students. Here's a little about the frequent guest, who is now an independent consultant:
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Tax Bill Passed By House And Senate
(May 17) On Thursday, the Senate passed a new bill, already passed by the House, that extends reduced tax rates, changes the nature of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), eliminates an extension to higher-education tuition deduction, and eliminates a special deduction for teachers who pay for supplies out of their own pockets.
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The Cost of Raising a Teenager
(May 17) USA Today's reporter, Kathy Chu, talked to some typical parents to get a feel for how much they spend indulging their children. Here's a statistic from the U.S. Department of Agriculture of all places, quoted in the article:
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Latest ShareBuilder Promotion
(May 17) I've had good experiences with credit card so far. A while ago, I took advantage of their $50 bonus to receive $46 in a free ETF ($50 minus a $4 transaction fee). There is a new promotion code that will provide you with $50 after your first trade. Visit ShareBuilder through this link, and open and ...
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Benefits of Dividends
(Mar 19) Jeremy Siegel talks about the virtues of owning dividend-paying stocks in a bear market. Those dividends (if reinvested) buy more and more Credit Cards as a company's stock price declines. When the stock price rebounds, those extra shares-from-dividends act as "return accelerators," leaving you in a much better position than where you started, even if the ...
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What $300,000 Will Buy You In My Town
(Mar 19) JLP from AllThingsFinancial unknowingly started a meme observing what $300,000 or so can buy in various locations around the country. Here's what $285,000 will buy you in my town.
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