The Real Returns posted an interesting list of the 20 largest mutual funds, and I thought it was interesting, so let me just mention some things about mutual funds. A larger mutual fund is typically an indication that the fund is perceived as more desirable, and as a result investors put more and...

I'm now four chapters through Bull's Eye Investing by John Mauldin. I'll post a full review once I've finished the book, but the basic message is that we are in a secular bear market1. What that means is that, despite the fact that in any given year the market could be up or down, over the next...

Jason and Chris have provided some excellent advice and guidlines when making investments this week. It's imperative that you know what you're investing in not only from a personal standpoint, but also from a market perspective. But that alone is not enough, it is imperative that you can...

Let me present 3 steps to making an investment decision: 1. Make an observation 2. Determine who will profit based on (1) 3. Determine how YOU can profit based on (2) Let's see an example. Observation: The MIT Media Lab has spawned a non-profit organization "One Laptop Per Child"...

Frank, Jason and I were having dinner this past Saturday and we were discussing future markets. Jason brought up Biotech and was talking about some of the possibilities for future advances, and how they may affect the industry. Now, Biotech is something I know very little about --- in fact, I know...

What follows is a question posed to us after Jason's article last week. As well as my response to that question. I hope to have answered the reader's questions completely, and I hope that my response proves valuable as well. I've left the response as is, and I'll be covering different sorts of...

We'll be on vacation the rest of the week for Thanksgiving, so there will be no posts Thursday or Friday. Stop by next Tuesday for our next article. Happy Thanksgiving!

Today Cisco announced that it would be purchasing Scientific Atlanta, for close to 7 Billion dollars. Which after taking Scientific Atalanta's cash into account will mean the actual cost is closer to 5.3 Billion. Most of the sources are speculating that this is the expression of Cisco's desire to...

To be successful in this life, either personally, financially or otherwise, you have to have goals. It’s not just something our parents and counselors have been babbling about our whole lives; it’s a fact. Even those who aspire to be successfully lazy must set a goal to be adequately lazy each and...

In the last 6 months, I've gone through the process of acquiring a car twice. In July my fiance and I purchase a new Volkswagen Jetta, and just this past Monday we leased a Subaru Impreza. Having gone through both the process of leasing and buying a car, I feel comfortable commenting on both, and...