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A Dying Banker’s 5 investing tips!
December 1, 2010 – 9:04 am | 146 Comments
A Dying Banker’s 5 investing tips!

Love this article.  This guy really boils down investing into its simplest terms that most people should follow.  Unfortunately not many people do!
There are 5 simple tips that the author gives to everyone.  Ironically, they …

NFL players at risk of financial roughing
November 3, 2010 – 8:20 am | 68 Comments
NFL players at risk of financial roughing

Finally!  An article comes out that speaks to the issue of the NFLPA and the “Approved-Adviser” list.  On Sunday, www.Investment News.com published an article titled “NFL Players at risk of financial roughing“.  It basically talks …

What Is It About 20-Somethings?
August 20, 2010 – 9:57 am | 63 Comments

One of my friends posted this article today on her facebook and I was intrigued by the title.  Its incredibly long, so I really cant do it justice by paraphrasing, therefore I have just included …

$250,000 FDIC insurance extended
March 25, 2010 – 10:15 am | One Comment
$250,000 FDIC insurance extended

During the “Great Recession” the government did many things to try and help stabilize the financial system.  One of those was to increase the FDIC insurance on bank accounts from $100,000 to $250,000.  This was …

High-End Repos include $15 Million Jet
March 23, 2010 – 2:10 pm | One Comment
High-End Repos include $15 Million Jet

I thought this was a pretty cool article from the WSJ, so I figured I would throw it up for other people to see.  Looks like its not just poor people who are having their …

Do you work with a Broker or an Advisor?
March 16, 2010 – 2:30 am | 2 Comments
Do you work with a Broker or an Advisor?

I dont really have to say too much about this article from the WSJ titled “Brokers Win, Investors Lose Key Reform”.  Jason Zweigs column in the publication is called “The Intelligent Investor.”  He generally does …

Buckhead Restaurant Week wrapping up
March 13, 2010 – 2:23 pm | One Comment
Buckhead Restaurant Week wrapping up

Im not sure if you had the chance to check out any of the restaurants participating in restaurant week, but you should have!  Some of the best restaurants in the area were a part of …

Atlanta #1 in US on Hotwire Travel Value Index
March 11, 2010 – 6:35 pm | No Comment
Atlanta #1 in US on Hotwire Travel Value Index

From NY Times Blog:
Looking for a cheap vacation? Try Atlanta.
The city topped Hotwire’s fifth annual Travel Value Index, which ranks 75 destinations in the United States based on where it says that travelers can find …

Famously private Hedge Fund manager shows some transparency playing golf
March 11, 2010 – 9:19 am | No Comment
Famously private Hedge Fund manager shows some transparency playing golf

SAC Capitals founder Steve Cohen oversees $12B in assets these days.  While this is down from the peak of $16B its still pretty impressive.  Steve has always been known as an extremely private money manager.  …

Keeping your TAX paperwork organized
March 10, 2010 – 4:59 pm | No Comment

From Motley Fool
The simple three-folder tax filing system
Kick the “pile it and file it later” approach: It doesn’t work. Trust us. The following three-folder system — a basic organizational method — is just as easy …