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Financial News Friday – July 12, 2013

Financial News Friday – July 12, 2013

Bloomberg Businessweek scorns hedge funds with its cover “The Hedge Fund Myth” and this article’s headline…”Hedge Funds Are For Suckers.” An interesting article that delves into the decline of the hedge fund industry as a whole from alpha generators to …

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Financial News Friday – June 28, 2013

Some doctors are becoming fed-up with the insurance system in America and are no longer accepting insurance from their customers. The result? “Cash only” doctors are opting for direct payments from consumers. Instead of accepting health insurance for routine visits, …

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Financial News Friday – June 21, 2013

Financial News Friday – June 21, 2013

Michael Kitces has an excellent breakdown of advisor designations that crux of the issue and separates the worthwhile designations from the worthless. He breaks down the recent study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which identifies 50 different designations and …

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Financial News Friday – June 14, 2013

 

Superinvestor Jeremy Grantham, one of the partners of investment firm GMO, offers individual investors 10 lessons for investing success. (GuruFocus)

 

80% of American millionaires are self-made. One in three millionaires were either born outside of the …

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Financial News Friday – June 7, 2013

Some interesting figures about the middle class. 32% of Americans now consider themselves lower class, up from 25% in 2008. Half of households are middle income, down from 61% in the 1970’s , the average student will graduate with $35,000 …

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Financial News Friday – May 17, 2013

Financial News Friday – May 17, 2013

How To See The World And ‘Arbitrage’ Your Retirement

“You can exploit price differences by earning money in some countries and spending it in others.” Arbitrage is basically buying something, say gold, in New York at $5 and immediately selling …

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Financial News Friday – May 10, 2013

Financial News Friday – May 10, 2013

Back again this week. Last week I was on vacation and was unable to post a weekly update. Also, expect some new content and videos to start hitting the blog next week.

Challenge to Dogma on Owning a Home

I …

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