I called Citibank tonight to confirm that one of my checks I deposited was finally collected. This is a good thing to ask your bank if you are concerned that a check might bounce. They indicated, as is said in the following audio recording, that if a check shows up in your transaction log online, it’s cleared. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) this proposed amendment: (d) MINIMUM TYPE-SIZE AND FONT REQUIREMENT FOR CREDIT CARD APPLICATIONS AND DISCLOSURES.- All written information, provisions, and terms in or on any application, solicitation, contract, or agreement for any credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan, and all written information included in or on any disclosure required under this chapter with respect to any such account, shall appear- (1) in not less than 12-point type; and (2) in any font [...]
Well, yet again the government thinks that it can fix all its problems by giving people the illusion that they have more money. Thanks for the loan I’ll have to pay back in my taxes (or, worse, they will just inflate the currency to pay it out)! I think I might just mattress (yes, I’m using that as a verb) the money, or spend it on things one might need if we go into a depression, like long shelf-life food [...]
I have recently been reading Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, and in Chapter 11, Section 2, I found an interesting analysis of tariffs and how they actually hurt everyone except the special interest producer. In his hypothetical example, the consumers pay more for the products, there is less export of American currency to foreign countries, and therefore less export from America, and he even goes on in the following sections about wages decreasing as an effect of tariffs. [...]
It’s time to raise the taxes on the rich in this country. I can’t believe that Warren Buffett only pays 17.7% on his $46 million. Why am I stuck paying 20-30%? That’s stupid. I hope the next president realizes this and fights to lower taxes drastically for anyone making sub-upper-level-executive salaries. I started trading options about a week ago, and made a little profit on Boeing. Redhat started taking off today, and I might buy a call on that. Watch [...]
Radiohead made an album recently, and you can buy it for however much you type in. I spent $5 on it, and downloaded it immediately. It made me feel good. It’s too bad more artists don’t do this.
It looks like Redhat is about to rally Stock up if it goes past $21! It could really zoom. The support is built up long term. I signed up for an options account with Scottrade today. It will allow me to: Buy puts and calls to open Write covered calls It’s too bad they don’t offer naked put writing and selling to close. I would have liked to play the game of just trading pure options without ever exercising them.
After looking through hundreds of stocks, I think I might check this one out: It looks technically promising. We’ll see how that turns out.
I found that after paying off medical school loans and paying malpractice insurance, and factoring in that most doctors don’t get vacation and work more hours per week than I do, it might not be worth the added years of schooling and the added stress unless you really love what you’re doing. Here are some calculations: The Programmer Assumptions The average programmer makes around $70,000 mean salary while in the work force They get a 2-week vacation They work 40 [...]
I saw this on the old blog today: Hawt. I hope they change all my ads to look like that. Turns out they blogged about it here.
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