This week was quite a busy one. I had a few days where I stayed later as we are very busy on our project, trying to make it a success for the client. I am happy to be playing an important role as it is giving me the experience to grow and learn new things. At a large company, one doesn’t always get the opportunity to do so within the stifling corporate environment, so it can be important to push for the opportunities when they do arise.
Highlights
My friend Mich had a very interesting post on Why the Middle East is a Breeding Ground for Black Swan Events.
The Car Negotiation Coach recently launched Find the Best Car Price.com to help you find the best price when going car shopping!
On the topic of careers and the workplace, 101 Centavos is back with another great career tip: Career Tip #3: Watch Out For Scorpions.
Weekend Reading
Economics
- Competing Currencies: The Gold Standard of Monetary Systems (Mises Canada)
- Free-Market Environmentalists Call For Further Deregulation (Investor Junkie)
- Pimco’s El-Erian: Middle Eastern crisis is a huge warning for the U.S.dollar (The Daily Crux)
- Six Dangerous Investing Myths (Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance)
Investing
- Don’t Be Like Ol’ Jim (In Search of Salt)
- Fellow thirty-somethings, how much are you contributing this year? (My Own Advisor)
- Passive Investing: Mixed Feelings (Balance Junkie)
- The Perils of Buying Stock on Margin (Personal Finance By The Book)
- Why Rebalance Your Portfolio? (Canadian Couch Potato)
Lifestyle
- 9 Tips to Owning A Successful Small Business (Wealth Pilgrim)
- Teachers Making $4 million a year? (Andrew Hallam)
- You Might Be A Blogging Addict If …… (Yakezie)
Miscellaneous
- Are Unknown Things Preventing You From Achieving Success? (Money Reasons)
- Is College Still A Good Investment? (MomVesting)
- More on Honduras’s Charter City in the Making (Let A Thousand Nations Bloom)
- Not A Classy Exit Followed By A Better (Hopefully) Return (Aloysa’s Kitchen Sink)
- Some Interesting Reads About Blogging And Self-Publishing (Blogthority)
- The Dangle: Illusory Promises of Content Farms (The Big Picture)
Personal Finance
- At Age 65, Will You Be Financially Independent or Vulnerable? (The Wise Buck)
- Emergency Fund or Emergency LOC? (The Passive Income Earner)
As always, thank you for all of the commentary, feedback, and inclusions!
Video of the week
Covering automated cars, prediction markets, and living on the high seas, this episode of Stossel is quite interesting!
Unfortunately I’ve found that the episode was taken off of YouTube. Hopefully it will be available soon; until then here are a couple of teaser videos:
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Thanks for the mention Kevin
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the mention Kevin. And thanks for all the encouragement!! I appreciate it!!!
Hi Kevin, glad you’re having fun on the project. That’s a fact, finding job fulfillment in the corporate world can be a daunting task.
Oh, and thanks a heap for the link.
Hey Kevin, Great round-up and thanks so much for linking to my new application…I’m so excited about it!
Thanks a lot for the mention, Kevin!
Cheers for the link, Kevin.
It is appreciated.
I couldn’t agree more about taking opportunities when they pop up. Good luck with the project!
Kevin,
Thank you for including me in your weekend reading list. I appreciate it. Have a great weekend! Mike
I’m ready for Spring too! We had way, way to much snow and cold weather all round! Thanks for the mention!
Thanks for including me. Feels like back east today on the west coast with SNOW! 2 weeks ago I thought it was the beginning of springs…
Thanks for the mention Kevin! Hope you’re having a great weekend.
Hey Kevin, glad the project was fulfilling, always nice to get that at work.
Sorry I have not been around, first the revolution and then some family problems but in USA right now and planning a canada visit in about a week so looking forward to going home, well one of my many homes…. Slowly working myself back into work….
Hope you are well.
Thank you for the mention!
What a nice image! Tomorrow is the first of March, so the white stuff is living on borrowed time. Thanks for the preview, and thanks for including my article today! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by everyone, the snow is still piling on but hopefully will start leaving in a couple of weeks; the sooner the better!