I’ve been going overboard on the finance books in the last few months, so I decided to get far away from Wall Street for my next few book selections. How far away from Wall Street? How does Africa sound?
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison [...]
When I was in San Diego my downtown dentist charged $80 for a teeth cleaning. It was located in the Marina district near Gaslamp. They had flat screen TVs hooked into the ceiling. The patient was provided headphones and a remote while they had their teeth cleaned. The $80 price did not include anything [...]
Last September when I restarted my 401K plan at my company I put 100% of my investment in the Cash Fixed Fund account. This sparked a conversion with a financial planner, who felt he could show me the errors of my way. He didn’t know who he was taking to. After [...]
I just finished a great book that combines many of the concepts found in Stumbling on Happiness and Covert Persuasion with new studies and insight.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely goes chapter by chapter exposing how humans will predictably make the same errors. My favorite chapter was The [...]
I took the Kiplingler Which City is Best For You? quiz and got some interesting results.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Austin-Round Round, TX
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Trenton-Ewing, NJ
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
Really? I don’t recall being wowed by Connecticut during my 2005 New England road trip. I haven’t been to Austin yet, although I’ve heard good things. Minneapolis? [...]
Karl Denniger has some excellent advice for regular investors on how they can outperform the stock market indexes with minimal research and minimal trades. His rule which he learned from his Chicago days is to compare the 20 Week Moving Average to the 50 Week Moving Average. When the 20 WMA passes the 50 WMA [...]
The CriticalMAS is site about Michael Allen Smith (aka MAS). It is written by and for MAS. Over time my interests will change and as a result so will the content of this blog. Those topics may or may not be of interest to you. I don’t care. At this [...]
Although there are several good sources on the Internet for financial and economic information, if I had to pick my favorite it would be John Mauldin’s newsletter. The newsletter is free and is sent out twice a week, with John usually writing the Friday edition. You can sign-up for his newsletter at 2000wave.com.
The [...]
In September 2000, I rode a horse for the first time. Here is a photo of me with Dudley. I liked Dudley a lot better than that horse I rode in Uruguay.
Photo Gallery for My First Horse Ride (2000)
Prior to the 2000 election I created a web page where I tried to match each Presidential candidate with an actor playing the role of President. The exercise was to determine who looked the most Presidential.
Which of the candidates in the 2000 Presidential election look Presidential? One measure for looking [...]
