Here’s the problem about investing – we know that it’s good for us, but most people suck at it. We all have an uncle somewhere who lost his entire retirement savings by betting on Asian stocks in 1997, tech stocks in 2000, or financial stocks in 2008. He held on to his portfolio as the […]
Heya! Sorry for being gone for so long – work has been absolutely crazy lately. (But in case any of my employers are reading this, I love my company. Hugs and kisses, xoxo). Just spent the last two days on leave (or “time-off” as they say in the US of A), sitting at home… and
Soooo it’s mid-Feb. Have you discovered that you’re not keeping to most, or all of your resolutions? I know I have. My resolutions to leave work by 6.30pm and sleep 7 hours a day have fallen flat on their faces. (It’s sad, but despite all my posts on productivity I inevitably get a couple of
It’s Valentine’s Day and I couldn’t resist posting this nerdy V-Day graphic up, courtesy of fosslien.com. Click through to check out this graph, along with 14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Everyone’s caught up in the gold bug these days. They see the meteoric rise in gold (check out the chart below) and their palms get all sweaty, they start breathing heavily, and they yell “GOTTA HAVE THAT AWESOME SHINY STUFF, AHHHHHHHH!!” Gold has risen a whopping 500% since 2000, especially during the last couple of
Today’s TED Thursday talk (woah, talk about mega alliteration – yay literary devices!) is about choosing. Or more precisely, how to be choosy about choosing. Sheena Iyengar raised an interesting point about how having more choices may not actually help you, but cause you to give up altogether. Last week, I was trying to figure
Came across this picture on Facebook today and loved it. The first of the 19 things your suburban millionaire neighbor won’t tell you: Over the long run, you’re better off if you strive to be anonymously rich rather than deceptively poor. Think that fancyass dude with the flashy sports cars, the country club memberships, and the expensive clothes
I’m just gonna say it publicly – I think our public transportation system is awesome. Okay – I can almost hear the chorus of angry, dissatisfied Singaporean voices rising up to rebuke me: But they JUST raised the taxi fares! And the MRT is totally packed with foreigners/immigrants/maids/peasants/smelly people in general! And the Circle Line
Received an amazing and detailed article on salary negotiation by Kalzumeus today (hat tip @ramit), complete with step-by-step instructions, scripts, and the psychology behind some of these tactics. Love it. Some gems: On searching for jobs “Many people think job searches go something like this: See ad for job on Monster.com Send in a resume. Get
