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It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… Last year in this column, my incredibly prescient Magic 8 Ball — with 22 of 32 verified predictions over the past two years, for Continue reading Black Coffee: Game Over – My Magic 8-Ball Predicts the Winner of Super Bowl XLVI Every year on Groundhog Day, folks eager to know whether there will be six more weeks of winter wait for Punxsutawney Phil to emerge from his burrow. Since 1887, the storied groundhog has failed to see his shadow — thereby predicting an early spring, as legend has it — only 15 times. How accurate is he? According to the Stormfax Weather Almanac, Phil’s prognostic powers are pretty putrid; in fact, Continue reading 100 Words On: Why You Should Always Bet Against the Groundhog It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… I have to apologize to some of you who took the time to leave a few remarks on my blog or ask me a question via email Continue reading Black Coffee: Yes, I’m Still Here. No, I Wasn’t Ignoring You. (Now Let’s Eat.) There are people out there who swear that if you’re lucky enough to see the first flower of springtime on a Friday, it’s a sign of impending wealth. I know. I don’t buy it either. Still, let’s assume these folks know what they’re talking about; what happens if that first flower is found on Friday the 13th? Is the wealth omen officially null and void? Can somebody take an action item and get Continue reading 10 More Old Wives’ Tales Masquerading As Financial Rules of Thumb It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… Blogs I’ve Been Following This Week Couple Money – More People Preparing to Eat Dog Food in Retirement. I expected this article to be a taste test comparison Continue reading Black Coffee: Why Buy Chicken McNuggets When You Can Just Say ‘Not’? When it comes to the world of banking, nobody seems to have any problem with redundancy. How else can you explain the fact that people routinely use their PIN number at the ATM machine? If you ask a linguist, he’ll boldly proclaim that redundancy should be avoided at all costs. But that’s not always true. Engineers demand a belt-and-suspenders approach when designing safety into passenger airplanes; Continue reading 100 Words On: The Department of Redundancy Department It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… So I was going through my email when I noticed that الدلوعه السكسي had added me on Google+. For those of you who don’t know, Google+ is Google’s Continue reading Black Coffee: Why I Don’t Tweet Suze Orman – or Have Too Many Facebook Friends Human nature is such that, if given the chance, most folks would choose to take the path of least resistance by avoiding competition. However, those who lack challengers almost always miss the motivation required to innovate or otherwise stay at the top of their game. Over the long run, fair competition helps the most deserving come to the forefront. In the free market, competition helps consumers by fostering lower prices Continue reading 100 Words On: Why Competition Is Good For Everyone It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe… Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week… Spammers are a funny lot. Those who try to pull money scams are the funniest, mainly because they are so damn stupid. I received yet Continue reading Black Coffee: Smart Investments, Dumb Collectibles & Dubious Guitar Solos |
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Black Coffee: Gas, Bad Breath & Frugal Tips for a Romantic Valentine's Day
It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe…
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Here’s what caught my attention over the past week…
It’s almost Valentine’s Day and I need to do some last-minute card shopping. So without further ado, let’s begin this very special Valentine’s Day edition:
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