Here is an interesting chart comparing the correlation of various asset classes to the S&P 500 over the last 5 years. Chart is from Richard Bernstein Advisors, found via The Reformed Broker. A negative correlation between two asset classes … [Read the rest]
Movie streaming service EPIX and the NHL are giving away a free trial membership good until March 6, 2015. Only thing you really need is a working e-mail address; no credit card or personal information required. Won't work on your TV, you'll need … [Read the rest]
Amazon runs various temporary "Lightning Deals", but if you filter to only show the Gift Card deals you'll see a running list of gift cards to various retailers at 20% off for a limited time. Amazon Prime members get early access, but many of them … [Read the rest]
Alan Watts was a "British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience." I actually stumbled upon his readings via a trailer for Days of Our Youth, a movie about … [Read the rest]
(Updated. Lending Club ended their first day of trading at $23.43 a share, up 57% from their IPO price. With roughly 361 million outstanding shares, LC is roughly a $8.5 billion dollar company! I have updated the post to include the rest of the … [Read the rest]
Whenever Vanguard founder Jack Bogle speaks, I listen. He has spent more time thinking about how to help the average investor than I have been alive. I found this recent Bloomberg interview covered a lot of topics regarding portfolio construction. … [Read the rest]
Businessweek magazine celebrated their 85th anniversary by listing what they deem the 85 inventions with the greatest impact over the last 85 years. #1 was jet engines, but #17 was the fixed-rate mortgage. At the time, it was bold and … [Read the rest]
I like my smartphone as much as the next person, but I'm also intrigued by things that last a really long time. Things that my children can inherit from me. Things like quality tools, classic books, good knives, or cast iron cookware. Up until … [Read the rest]
Expired as of midnight Eastern. I thought 100k would last longer than a day. Starbucks has a new $10 holiday bonus promotion: Be one of the first 100,000 to buy a Starbucks Card eGift (min $10) with your Visa® card and we will add an additional … [Read the rest]
Vanguard has announced that they now support two-factor authentication via SMS text messages when logging into your financial accounts. There should be a little blurb when you log in, or after logging in you can navigate to "My Accounts > Account … [Read the rest]
Here another data point on the topic of adding international bonds to your portfolio. The AllianceBernstein Blog has post on how adjusting the US/Global mix of your bond asset allocation affects risk-adjusted returns: Using data from … [Read the rest]
Bonus improved from 40k to 50k miles for limited time. American Airlines and US Airways have announced new details about their upcoming merger. As expected, the two frequent flier programs will merge and all the miles will become American AAdvantage … [Read the rest]
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