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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Readers’ Rants on American Consumerism

November 25, 2008
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Recently, I ranted about overspending by American consumers and I received many interesting responses through email and the blog. I’ve included some of the best rants below, but if you haven’t sent yours in, feel free to do so at any time. Enjoy! “My father who was a “roughneck” (oilfield) with very little cash always told me to buy when the people are selling!! It has served me well. I sold a company I spent 27 years building. Almost went down three times but was successful because I stayed debt free. “My wife and I only bought what we...

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More Investing Perspectives

November 25, 2008
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Good morning! If you’re looking for even more perspectives on investing, stocks and wealth-building, the Investing Carnival is up today. It includes one of our articles and some other educational posts.

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On How to Green Your House

November 24, 2008
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I recently wrote about my home energy audit and I received a great question from a reader of the blog. I’ve included it and my response below: “I’m happy to hear your house is more then ready for the winter. Luckily I don’t have to worry too much about the freezing cold living out here in San Francisco. “Anyways, I’m wondering if you can share several more precautions/steps you took, in order to have such an efficient home? aside from caulking the windows “I think we all could benefit from such information.” Cheers, Ethan “Thanks Ethan, “We did many...

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Sohu.com: The Yahoo! of China

November 24, 2008
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My investing idea today won’t be a surprise to anyone who follows Chinese stocks even slightly.  It’s a company called Sohu.com (SOHU), a Web portal that’s often called the Yahoo! of China. For many Chinese, Sohu.com is their window to the world.  The Sohu.com portal offers an enormous range of information and activities, including search, news, sports, entertainment, gossip, games, affinity groups, alumni groups, financial information, real-estate services and lots more. The company was a big sponsor of the Beijing Olympics, streaming many events and offering background information on athletes, medal counts, results and color commentary.  Sohu got huge...

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Smart Investors Ride the Wave

November 23, 2008
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Back in my university professor days, I used to speak to community and professional groups on communication topics. Inevitably, these talks often got around to putting communication into action. One image I used to explore the plight of a small business trying to decide on a communication strategy is “The Four Things You Can Do In the Water.” It goes like this. If you’re in the water, there are four things you can do. The first is drown. Let’s keep that in mind, because if you do nothing when you’re in the water, you really can sink, die and...

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