Category Archives for General
Traffic Congestion
As long there’s no crash that is backing up traffic on 43-N heading out of Milwaukee, I’ll typically take it back to my apartment. If there is substantial traffic, then I tend to take Lake Dr north along Lake Michigan. … Continue reading
Yield on Cost and Other Investing Terms
I’ve previously talked about the Dividend Reinvestment and Dollar-Cost Averaging spreadsheets that I made available on Google Docs. Today I made additions to them, including a Definitions sheet describing some of the more technical terminology that I’ve used. As always, … Continue reading
Update on credit card
Just got a call from the Bank of America fraud alert. Someone in China tried to buy $700+ dollars at a boutique store and $90 at something called “Noapple” today. The crazy thing was that this card number was getting … Continue reading
Time to find a new credit card
I’ve been fortunate enough to have used the Schwab Invest First Visa credit card the last few years. (Schwab stopped offering the card and transferred its management to FIA Card Services back a little more than a year ago. Incidentally, … Continue reading
Marie Curie: Why her papers are still radioactive
Many library collections use special equipment, such as special gloves and climate-controlled rooms, to protect the archival materials from the visitor. For the Pierre and Marie Curie collection at France’s Bibliotheque National, it’s the other way around. That’s because after … Continue reading
Update, Finally!
I’m finally going to start updating my blog again. Issue number 1 was dealing with the tons of tabs on dividend investing that I had open. I curated those down to two new pages on investing. My Investing Approach and … Continue reading
Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
The question that everyone is asking is “Does it really work?” The idea behind dollar-cost averaging makes sense: buy more shares when the price is cheap and less when the price is high with the hope of lowering your average … Continue reading
DRIP/DCA Spreadsheets
I’ve added two spreadsheet templates for public use on Google Docs. I use these exact ones to track my DRIP in General Electric stock that I’ve had since 2004. It hasn’t done the best (through no fault of these spreadsheets), … Continue reading
Atrix 4G Phone
Can the Atrix 4G really become your next PC? You know that advertisement where you see the guy trying to explain to airport security if his phone is a computer or a phone or both? Visit the above link to … Continue reading
Publicly owned Green Bay Packers
Right before the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl I found this great article that explains how a NFL team in a city of 102,000 people manages to survive and thrive. The right way? The Green Bay way: Here’s … Continue reading