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Don’t Get Fooled: High Pressure Marketing Tactics

By Kevin

Nigerian style 419 scam

“This offer is available TODAY only; you’d better hurry while it lasts!” “Normally I would charge much higher than this, but for you only, I’m making you a special offer that you can’t refuse.” “You would be stupid to turn down such a good deal.” Do these slogans sound familiar to you? If so, then… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Opinion Tagged With: emotions, manipulation, marketing scams

Should I Go with a Fixed or Variable Rate Mortgage?

By Kevin

As some of you might know, we recently made the decision to purchase a condominium. As the unit is still under construction, we won’t be able to move in until sometime in January. The long period of delivery posed a problem when attempting to get a mortgage approval from traditional places such as ING Direct,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Real Estate, Saving Your Money Tagged With: condominium, debt, emotions, fixed rates, home ownership, interest rate risk, interest rates, mortgages, planning, variable rates, Yakezie

How to Use Fear to Manipulate People

By Kevin

What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Opinion, Saving Your Money Tagged With: active management, bond yields, bonds, deflation, dollar cost averaging, emotions, fear, fixed rates, home ownership, inflation, interest rates, manipulation, market timing, mortgages, mutual funds, variable rates, warranties

The Joy (And Folly) of Emotions

By Kevin

Ah, emotions… the spice of life; they are the medium by which we experience joy and happiness, motivation, fulfillment, and self-actualization. They push us along toward our goals, and serve as a check and balance on our behavior. I see emotions as a sort of yin-yang relationship: when they are in balance, we can perform optimally…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Investing, Miscellaneous, Opinion, Philosophy Tagged With: emotions, envy, evolution, expected value, fear, feedback, health, lifestyle, motivation, personal growth, self help, self improvement, yin and yang

What to do… what to do… when Mr. Market is grouchy?

By Kevin

I recently sold off a good chunk of my precious metals at the market peak, and with the recent market turmoil that doesn’t seem like it was such a bad decision. However, I am in a bit of a dilemma: I have a downpayment to pay, and I have a choice to draw on mutual… [Read More]

Filed Under: Investing, Market Analysis, Miscellaneous, Opinion, Precious Metals Tagged With: emotions, home ownership, planning, savings, speculative bubble

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