Quick weekend edition because I’m on the road (and the water) again. MSN’s Money Central published a cool piece on some things you should never rent. Near and dear to my heart is the renting of rims for your car. I’ve seen this before but never looked into how much it cost. So sad… Announcements! [...]

No I’m not talking about President Dubya. There must be a bible out there for traditional media where one does not look at the whole picture. “Report on the subject matter and nothing else. Leave the math and correlation stuff to the PhDs with their ‘journals’.” This is why I think journalists make such terrible [...]

The Weakonomist walks around with his head held high. Even everyday Philip does this in his day to day activities. Philip’s girlfriend thinks he’s cocky, and she’s right. While I do pride myself on knowing many things, I am humbled from time to time. When I’m wrong I admit it, fess up to it, and [...]

PF blog regulars have likely been met with “introduction to mutual fund” blog posts every couple of weeks. Its almost a right of passage for bloggers to write about as the mutual fund is generally accepted as the most important bucket your money will ever sit in. Wikipedia does a wonderful job of describing exactly [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard about this by now. Mr. $360 Billion. If you don’t know the man that almost became the richest person ever, please allow me to fill you in. Charles Ray Fuller (likely “Ray-Ray” to his friends) was just your every day average 21 year old kid. He had dreams of starting his [...]

Happy weekend to everyone. I won’t keep you long today. It’s been pretty hectic around here in The Weakonomist’s world. My job is now demanding more of my time and so less of my lunch breaks are spent writing. I’m still trying to get a post out every day, but if a few days go [...]

I spent a lot of time in the car on my vacation. The most depressing part was driving through a town with two major employers: an old steel mill and a paper mill. This town was a pile of junk, littered with liqueur stores, bad housing, and the types of shops we’re about to describe. [...]

Oh banking industry, as you fall apart like Communist Russia, what skeletons will we find in your rubble? As with the smaller states of the USSR, it looks like the regional banks are in trouble. ANB Financial and Fremont General are featured in this CNN Money commentary. The author says the FDIC should shut down [...]