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The Best Free, Online ETF Screener?

Posted by Sean | June 29, 2008 .

For an overview of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),see the ETF Investing Guide at SeekingAlpha.com

Why settle for a list of ETFs?
ETF Screeners can do more…
ETFs are an interesting investment vehicle, but there are over 800 ETFs… and growing. How do we narrow down such a huge list of choices? In this post, I’ll examine several free, [...]

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Update: Comments and Trackbacks

Posted by Sean | June 29, 2008 .

I enabled trackbacks. I’ve had bad experiences with them on past blogs, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Already, I accidentally deleted a few comments during FR’s first spam blitz. I don’t see how on earth they got selected, but Wordpress must have seen otherwise. I’ll see if they can be restored. I appreciate all [...]

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Do You Have Money? Do You Have A Lot Of Money?

Posted by Sean | June 29, 2008 .

Overheard at the gas station, between a busy mom and her very young boy:

Mom: “What do you need?”
Child: “Do you have money?”
Mom: “Yes.”
Child: “Do you have a lot of money?”
Mom: “What do you need?”

It struck [...]

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2008-06-28 Financial Reading, Listening, Watching, Quoting (best of the best)

Posted by Sean | June 28, 2008 .

Reading
Get A Stimulus Check Every Year! - possibly the best PF headline, ever.
Bad Debt Leads To A Bad Job And A Rough Life - very compelling format. Instead of a Top10 list, Ron engages us with a story about financial choices.
Listening
If I had < 60 minutes per week to listen to financial podcasts, I’d be [...]

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Finally Redeemed AAdvantage Miles

Posted by Sean | June 27, 2008 .

Whew! I’ve been hanging on to AAdvantage miles for awhile now. Last night, I finally went to redeem some for an international ticket between NRT and STL. I’d read some horror stories of routes that needed to be booked an eternity in advance, but we had plenty of availability and the process was straightforward.
The breakdown [...]

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Unexpected Financial Gear = Car MP3 Adapter

Posted by Sean | June 25, 2008 .

Seriously, one of the coolest inventions in world history…
Kensington Universal FM Transmitter for MP3 Players

Amazon has it for $36.24 - $10 June rebate = $26.24 after rebate.
(I’m skeptical about rebates, but at least shipping is free over $25)

Anyway, the low price is secondary. The real issue is how this little gadget added at least three [...]

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Video: “Investment Opportunities in China” by Burton Malkiel (includes table-of-contents)

Posted by Sean | June 23, 2008 .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVcV0H4qtgw

Lecture by Dr. Burton G. Malkiel in 2006 @ Google.
All I can add here is an index of topics, hope it helps.
0:00-1:45 - Introduction, pleasantries…
1:45-9:00 - Investing environment: US vs. China, Gordon model: risk/return
9:00-11:15 - Equity risk premium: US vs. China, premium for US investors
11:15-17:15 - Chinese Economy, risks to the forecasts, answers to the [...]

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Weekend Financial Reading, Watching, Quoting (best of the best)

Posted by Sean | June 21, 2008 .

Reading
Relocating to Reduce Retirement Costs (my-wealth-builder.blogspot.com) Soooo many variables, just related to taxes (Income, Property, Sales, Retirement Accts, Social Security)… and ohbytheway, cost of living.
Banks Find New Ways To Ease Pain of Bad Loans (online.wsj.com) (subscription, but the first two paragraphs give you an idea) …in bad times, good luck finding an honest statistic.
Watching
(7 minutes) [...]

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Friday Fitness - Exercising While Learning

Posted by Sean | June 20, 2008 .

"The first wealth is health." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Before I got sidetracked by 100 pushups, I only planned to go off-topic for one tiny subset of fitness: exercising while learning. With all the financial podcasts, books and audiobooks out there, combining them seems like a no-brainer, if it can be done well. So I’ll try [...]

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Friday Fitness - 100 Pushups

Posted by Sean | June 20, 2008 .

"The first wealth is health." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Last week, I found HundredPushups.com via Get Fit Slowly.
It sounds crazy, if like me you are starting from ground zero.
But maybe this is structured for widespread success? We’ll see. I’m in.
Today is W1D3 (week one, day three). I finally applied "pay yourself first" to this [...]

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