Archive for September, 2006
Earned More and Kept More?
Obvious?
Maybe not, at least according to a Money article I read today. The article showed what a money manager at Vanguard has observed from people participating in Vanguard 401(k) plan:
People with median assets of $200,000 have median income of $69,000, and
People with median assets of $38,000 have median income of $83,000
And what made the difference [...]
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Understanding M*’s Star Rating
If you are a mutual fund investor, chances are you have seen Morningstar’s star rating every where, on fund family’s website, on Yahoo! Finance (where you can find a comprehensive list of funds and fund families), even on funds’ ads. Common sense tells us a fund with five stars should outperform a two-star fund, the [...]
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How Do You Fund Your Domain?
Do you have a budget for your own domain?
It really took me some time to make up my mind to switch from free blog at Blogger.com, which I started in June, to this domain. First of all, I am not sure if it’s worth it. Secondly, where does the money come from to pay for [...]
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No Immediate Danger of Our Health Plan
During our last visit for a scheduled checkup, we were informed that our help plan, Aetna HMO (we didn’t choose PPO or POS plan mainly because we are still young, in good health, and only use our doctor for annual physical), will no longer be accepted by the hospital. The reason, as we heard from [...]
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Don’t Eat Fresh Spinach
I heard on the radio this morning on my way to work that FDA has issued a nationwide warning about contaminated spinach. The news scared me because we bought a bag of fresh organic spinach from Costco last Sunday and ate last night (yes, including our one-year old daughter). Fortunately, we cooked it.
The bacteria found [...]
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