This week I was included included in the Festival of Frugality #102 – Mix Tape Edition hosted by Cheap Healthy Good. Every article was associated with with a mix-tape song to create a great big frugal-themed tape. My post My Old New Laptop got the song It’s All About The Pentiums by Weird Al Yankovic. Check out the Editor’s Picks:
My Personal Finance Odyssey channels former GE head honcho Jack Welch for Make Your Finances Six Sigma
Innside Montana expounds on the beauty of simple, homemade cleaning products in At Home Naturally
Monevator discusses relationships and cold, hard cashola in How Talking About Money is Like French Kissing
I’m also in the 128th Carnival Of Personal Finance – Investment Truth Edition hosted by Stock Trading To Go. My article Can’t Pay On Time? Change Your Due Date! is there.Take a look at these nine truths about investing and investors:
1st Truth: Bill Gates makes over $30 Million each night while he sleeps2nd Truth: The most expensive stock in the world is Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA). The stock as of today trades for $134,215 per share.3rd Truth: On an average day, over $6.6 billion is circulated through Apple (APPL) stock.4th Truth: The world record for the largest single portfolio return is 29,233% which was done by Dan Zanger.5th Truth: The Blu-Ray versus HD DVD battle is worth over ten billion dollars to the winner.6th Truth: Besides futures trading, options trading is the most riskiest conducted worldwide.7th Truth: Exxon Mobile (XON) has the largest market capitalization in the world, with as of today holding a value of $480.31 Billion.8th Truth: Steve Jobs of Apple is paid $1 per year to work as CEO, but last year realized over $646 million from vested restricted stock.9th Truth: The best investment strategy is also the simplest, follow the overall trend. It is known that three our of four stocks follow the overall trend on any given day.
Make sure you go and read all of the great articles!
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