Random thoughts
Hmm ……
and how many we have on this planet? Something like 6 billion? Besides, if I spend every penny I earned, would that still mean I am "rich"?
I wonder how they get this number.
Managing My ING Account with Fidelity Fullview: Mission Impossible?
I have a Yodlee account for a while, but never linked any of my personal account with it. The reason is simple: I am not 100% confident to give all my account numbers, user IDs, and passwords to a company I had no relationship of any kind with, though they seems to be quite popular. [...]
What’s Your Highest Priority? House? Retirement? Or 529?
One of my friends had a baby last month. While enjoying the parenthood, the couple is also planning for their daughter's future: save for her college. He sent me, among several other guys, an email last weekend for suggestions on 529 plans. After I replied by telling him that I have both 529 accounts and [...]
Out of Treat
Last night, I left work a little early than usual to take our daughter to a nearby mall for trick-or-treat, which was scheduled from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
By the time we got there, it was 5:00 pm and some kids were already on their way out. Apparently, the party was almost over. Most [...]
Mishaps with Vanguard
Vanguard may be a great company for investing, but my experience with them on non-investing related issues wasn't that great at all. It all began with my Roth IRA transfer that I started the same time last month. Here's the timeline of the process (and it isn't over yet):
September 30: Mailed Roth IRA transfer forms [...]
What? I Don’t Have to Sign?
I don't know exactly since when, but after swiping my credit card at my local ShopRite store yesterday, I was, as always, waiting for the signature screen to show up, the cashier told me that since my transaction was only $22.5, less than $25, I didn't have to sign it any more."Really?"I asked back, just [...]
What a Coincidence!
Today, October 19, 2006, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 12000 points for the first time in its history. But do you know what happened on the same day in 1987?
On October 19, 1987, also known as Black Monday, the Dow fell 508.32 and closed at a record-breaking low of 1,738.40 points and that [...]
American Dream: Another Reason to Get a College Degree?
Why do you need a college degree?
How about you don't have the Dream, if you don't have a degree?
An interesting article on CNN.com shows the difference on realizing the American Dream between people with and without college degrees. The article, which is about a recent Opinion Research poll, says:
Belief in the so-called "American dream," [...]
300 Million and Counting
US population reached 300 million this morning according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census projection. It took 40 years for the population to go from 200 million (reached in 1967) to 300 million. An article from Reuters early this month showed the impact of US population growth on resources and environment:
Each American occupies [...]
More “Discriminations” at Pfblog.org?
I am just kidding, but did you notice that since yesterday, friends of pfblog.org get another favorable treatment: longer summary?
Instead of one and a half lines as everybody got before, friends of pfblog.org now have five lines of summary.
Is that good to generate more interests to your story?
You tell me.
So in addition to an eye-catching [...]
