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13
Jul

Benefits Of Hosting The World Cup

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, July 13th 2010   Leave a reply   

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a series of posts, and it will remain a while still because someone else has done a series for me.  I regularly have people reach out to me wanting to do guest posts, but I only let in a few because most people have terrible ideas.
But I [...]

under: business, economics    
12
Jul

Example of How Marketers Try To Get You

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, July 12th 2010   4 comments already   

There’s something wrong with this picture.
I suggest you click on it to make it bigger.  I want you to study it closely for a few minutes and take note of anything you might find wrong with it.  No we aren’t looking for missing moles or Waldo, I mean something about the advertisement that is designed [...]

under: business, media    
9
Jul

Weakon 331: Reverse Mortgages

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, July 9th 2010   3 comments already   

The following is a guest post written by David from Lender411.com. Lender411 lets you compare mortgage rates and provides information on loan products from reverse mortgages to commercial loans.
If you’re like most of us, you probably pay to live somewhere. You either rent a place and pay by the month, or you “own” a place [...]

under: banking, business, college of weakonomics, personal finance    
1
Jul

How IPOs Work: Tesla Motors

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, July 1st 2010   3 comments already   

Not since Ford went public in the 1950s has an American automaker gone to the equity markets for an initial public offering (IPO). But, on Monday, Tesla Motors did just that. I thought Tesla, which now trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker: TSLA, would be a great showpiece for how IPOs [...]

under: banking, business, cars, investing    
30
Jun

I’m A Great Blog, So Long As I Link Back To The People That Say So

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, June 30th 2010   7 comments already   

This post is going to be a bit different than most. I don’t normally rant about trivial things but sometimes someone strikes that one nerve at the right time of the right day.
Last week I got an email from someone telling me I had won an award for one of the best 30 finance [...]

under: business, media, personal    
28
Jun

Six Things The World Cup Can Teach Us About Money

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, June 28th 2010   Leave a reply   

My favorite thing to do is take something that has little to do with money and use it to explain elements of economics and finance. And of course the best way to get your attention is to relate it something that’s on a lot of people’s minds. Inspired by the World Cup, I’ve [...]

under: business, economics, lists, personal finance    
23
Jun

Where Does Housing Go From Here?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, June 23rd 2010   3 comments already   

In Obama’s $700 billion stimulus from 2009 there was an item in there designed to increase demand for housing, the underlying cause of the reason you’re unemployed, broke, or simply pissed your nest egg dropped to 50% of its value. Buyers of homes could get as much as $8000 in tax credits for making [...]

under: business, economics, government    
22
Jun

Consumer Financial Reform Punishing Responsible Consumers

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, June 22nd 2010   Leave a reply   

Remember that Credit CARD Act passed last year? It limited the fees that credit card companies could charge and introduced dozens of other reforms designed to protect the consumer from being taken advantage of by the big, bad, banks. As it turns out, there are plenty of loopholes, the first and most obvious [...]

under: banking, business, government, personal finance    
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