The Weakonomist is all about nutrition. Mind you, I have a serious sweet tooth that is only bested by The Sheconomist’s sweet tooth. She is blessed with the metabolism of an Olympian. I however do not possess such a metabolism so from time to time tend to “bloat” (more on this in a later post). [...]

For a number of years I had a brilliant strategy for paying my bills.  Since most of my payments are made online, I would pay them in the last couple of days before they were due.  Since my bank accounts compound interest daily, the longer I wait the more interest I get on my money.  [...]

Did you know some universities operate for a profit? If you didn’t then you’ve definitely heard of some. The University of Phoenix and ITT Tech are probably the most well known, if for nothing else their large advertising budgets. These schools seek to provide a quality education for students while at the same time turning [...]

Meet Michael Jordan. The most successful basketball player of all time. Despite being retired since 2003, he’s managed to continue to make millions every year as a spokesman for Hanes and the man behind the Jordan brand, a division of Nike. He’s in the process of becoming the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats and [...]

I submitted a link to the Carnival of Personal Finance because I wanted more people to read about Frugality Being Dead.  If you want a whole big list of personal finance links from the last week or so check out the carnival which is hosted at A Gai Shan Life

Remember Kenneth Starr? No, not that Kenneth Starr. Before a few days ago I didn’t know there was another Kenneth Starr either. Apparently, this Kenneth Starr was a financial advisor to the stars and apparently, that’s such a thing. Some of the clients listed were Sylvester Stalone, Uma Thurman, Wesley Snipes, and Martin Scorcese. Kenneth [...]