Once again, it’s time to revisit the 6 things something can teach you about money. For this adventure I’m returning to Star Trek, only this time focusing on a specific species known as the Ferengi (fur-rang-e). Those familiar with Star Trek need to know nothing else. You losers that don’t know Star Trek well will [...]

Ah, quantitative easing, a complex sounding term that is actually quite simple. It’s a term that as of yet has not really filtered it’s way through the traditional media. Perhaps they haven’t taken the time to look it up on Wikipedia or they themselves find the name so daunting assume the definition is impossible to [...]

I apologize for not having a better title, I just couldn’t come up with anything. Keith Hennessey is not a name I was familiar with until yesterday. But, from 2007 to 2009 he was the Director of the National Economic Council (NEC) under the Bush Administration. Don’t know what the direct of the NEC is? [...]

Back in the beginning of May, I talked about an investment phenomenon that showed selling your stock holdings in May and then buying them back in November yielded better returns than just holding them through those months. Part of the reason is due to investors selling to go on vacation. They don’t want to stress [...]

I’m not a regular reader of the Boston Globe, or a photography nerd, but I know pretty pictures when I see them. The Boston Globe publishes photos taken of important events happening around the world in a series called The Big Picture.  Their main page publishes one photo and then links to more photos about [...]

Some of you that have read SuperFreakonomics will already be familiar with a study on how an economy works in monkey world.  You need to read the book to learn the most fascinating thing about the study, and no the video below does not give it away. But you still need to watch the video, [...]

If you recall (you don’t because even I couldn’t remember if I wrote about this), I wrote about tipping last fall. To save you the trouble of rereading a post you don’t remember, I’m sick of tipping. The vibe I got from your comments is that you’re sick of tipping too. That post mostly focused [...]

Man, it seems like just last month we were talking about where poor people live, and here we are today talking about where rich people live. Well the report on the poor people is different the report on the rich people.  It’s also studying different things and different trends.  Though a little more basic, this [...]