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John Bogle, “If You’re Not Worried Today, You’re Really Not Paying Much Attention”

Posted by Sean | September 22, 2008 .

Tess Vigland interviewed indexing guru John Bogle in Saturday’s Marketplace Money.
selected quotes:
What did you do with your money this week?
“Nothing.”
People are really wondering about the safety of their money wherever they put it, what do you say to them?
“First of all, if you’re not worried today, you are really not paying much attention. This is [...]

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Podcasts: Lehman Brothers, Monday’s Madness, Possible Outcomes

Posted by Sean | September 17, 2008 .

For news geeks with room on their iPod, Bloomberg has some podcasts on Lehman:
9/15 Lehman’s Goodwin Says Past Excesses Will Be ‘Regulated Away’ (8 min.)
9/15 Lombard Street’s Dumas Says Banking System Needs To Be Smaller (9 min.)
9/15 Levitt Says ‘Meldown’ May Prompt Years of Transparency (13 min.)
9/15 Lehman Bankruptcy Leads Investors to Cash Weinberg Says [...]

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What Happens if 100 MPG Cars go Mainstream?

Posted by Sean | June 2, 2008 .

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009-2010 at Sub-$18,000,
Could Hit 1000-Mile Range (www.popularmechanics.com)

To get an idea what happens before coffee drinkers have their morning coffee, I misread the above headline to say there would be a 1000 MPG car in development.
Yeah, the "2009 to 2010" should have alerted my coffee-deprived [...]

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