All of us know about conventional investment movements once they become popular. In the late 90s, it was stocks. In the mid 2000s, it was real estate. Some are now saying that the next hot trend is gold. Riding these trends can be highly profitable, if you get in at the right time. The problem [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Today, fat is demonized as a horrible component of food that we should avoid at all costs. Commercials today show skinny girls eating low-fat and zero-fat products, thus making the link in our minds between beauty and low-fat. If you eat high-fat products, you must need a motorized cart to push you around at Walmart, [...]
48 Comments Kevin on Nov 29th 2010
Filed under Book Reviews,Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Miscellaneous,Real Estate
The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: A Book Review
Does anyone remember the real estate euphoria from a few years back? While people are still trying to pick up the pieces down south, the euphoria hasn’t really gone away up here in Canada, though the dimmer switch has perhaps been turned down somewhat. In The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: An Introduction to the [...]
17 Comments Kevin on Nov 25th 2010
What are your pet peeves? I don’t think I have too many, but here are a couple that come to mind, because I find them particularly disgusting: People who spit their gum out onto drinking fountains. Why do people do this? It’s disgusting to the next user of the faucet, and there’s often a garbage [...]
38 Comments Kevin on Nov 24th 2010
Filed under Guest Posts
Blurring the Line: When Small Business Owners Let Business and Personal Credit Overlap
The following is a guest post by Tim Chen of NerdWallet.com. Keeping business and personal finances separate may be the best advice for small business owners. In fact, many businesses are legally obligated to separate their business and personal accounts, but some small business owners find themselves in situations in which they are tempted to [...]
7 Comments Guest on Nov 23rd 2010
The Yakezie has recently launched a new scholarship program! Alan Dunn of HowtoSaveMoney.com along with many Yakezie members have all kindly decided to sponsor the scholarship program, and you can also head over to the Yakezie to support the program and donate. How to donate There are currently two options: Head to Yakezie.com’s donate page. [...]
13 Comments Kevin on Nov 22nd 2010
Filed under Miscellaneous
How mozRank is Filling in the Gaping Hole Left by the Departure of PageRank
PageRank? mozRank? What are these things? PageRank and mozRank are both simply a number ranking system that reveal a website’s authority and popularity on the world wide web. They do this by looking at a website’s backlinks, among other things. These systems are run by Google and SEOMoz, respectively, and they rank your website on [...]
65 Comments Kevin on Nov 22nd 2010
I suppose that everyone has already heard of Google’s automated cars that can drive themselves, with minimal human intervention? It might already be old news, but I find this very, very cool. I am amazed every time I sit in a car that I am basically in command of a dangerous 4000 pound piece of [...]
32 Comments Kevin on Nov 21st 2010
