August 28, 2011 –
I just figured out how to share my CAPS blogs with a larger web audience. I went to my CAPS page and clicked the 'BLOG' tab [NOT the 'Blogs' tab!]. The URL should look something like 'http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewBlog.aspx?t=01005678991239796722'. Then I submitted it to the WebSqurl Web Directory. I checked back after a few hours and there it was: Ganalon's CAPS Blog at the bottom of the page. [more]
July 24, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: EBAY
, GLD
It's not gold, silver or even SDRs. It's called Bitcoin (BTC, $BCOIN). It has some properties of gold: rarity and independence from government printing presses. In some ways Bitcoins are mined like gold, by computers. [more]
June 21, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: UDN
I though I understood the Federal Reserve System, then everything changed. I had some good college profs, including one who reguarly fished with Alan Greenspan. They taught me how banking and the Fed worked. It made sense. [more]
May 24, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: BND
, VTI
It sounds shockingly simple, but I believe asset allocation can be simplified down to two primary questions. All other questions are secondary. Things that seem like important questions become secondary if an investor chooses a diversified globally-aware, index-based, total-market strategy. I make the case for this argument here in this financial blog article. [more]
April 07, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: SPY
, VTI
, TIP
Possibly the most difficult investing thoughts to grasp and put into action are the most simple. [more]