By Ann Logue on May 31, 2012
Today is the last day of the 2012 WordCount Blogathon. In one month, I have doubled the number of posts on my blog, found a niche for future posts (college financing!), and had more fun than I thought I would. So, all in all, a success. Congratulations to all of the other bloggers who participated, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blogathon |
By Ann Logue on May 30, 2012
Laura Laing (left) is the author of Math for Grownups (Adams Media, 2011). She has also been writing about college costs recently, and she and I have put together this joint post Economists recognize that debt can be good. It smoothes out consumption over a lifecycle, they say; if most people had to save up [...]
Posted in Books, College Admissions and Costs, Financial Advice, Financial writing, Guest Post | Tagged college affordablity, college costs, college loans, Laura Laing, Math for Grownups, paying for college, student debt, student loans |
By Ann Logue on May 29, 2012
I graduated from college with student loans and credit card debt. I majored in economics in part because I knew I could get a job that would pay enough to help me with my debt. Had I been free to do what I whatever I wanted, I probably would have been an English major. I [...]
Posted in College Admissions and Costs, Financial Advice | Tagged choosing a major, college costs, financial aid, paying for college, student debt, student loans |
By Ann Logue on May 28, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blogathon |
By Ann Logue on May 27, 2012
The Facebook IPO had problems, but they are not especially unique. The problem, really, is that it has been so long that we’ve had a lot of IPOs that everyone has forgotten how they work. Way back in my investing banking days, I worked for a firm that was a dot-com bubble IPO factory. (Alas, [...]
Posted in Day Trading, Financial Advice, Socially Responsible Investing | Tagged corporate governance, Facebook, IPO, WR Hambrecht |
By Ann Logue on May 26, 2012
One of my friends suggested that I write a post explaining what happened at JP Morgan Chase, in plain English. The bottom line is that they bought a lousy insurance policy. The company has a big debt portfolio, which is no surprise given that it is a major corporate lender. If some horrible economic event [...]
Posted in Financial Advice, Hedge Funds, Political Discourse | Tagged hedging. Hedge Funds for Dummies, JP Morgan Chase |
By Ann Logue on May 25, 2012
Because I’m going to China this summer, I’m trying to learn Chinese. I expect to fail miserably, of course; there’s just no way I can master a language like that in years, let alone weeks. Still, I like the idea of trying, and I think it would be wonderful to be fluent in many languages. [...]
Posted in Advice for Freelancers, Emerging Markets | Tagged China, Chinese, CNTV, Emerging Markets for Dummies, LiveMocha |
By Ann Logue on May 24, 2012
For a long time, I believed that college athletes were entitled brats who were not capable of getting a degree on their own, and that it was really stupid of them to go pro before graduation. Hey, I was wrong, okay? And, as I realized this, I’ve come to a few observations that may be [...]
Posted in College Admissions and Costs, Financial Advice, Political Discourse, Teaching Finance | Tagged athletic scholarships, college costs, financial aid, NCAA, paying for college, student athletes, UIC |
By Ann Logue on May 23, 2012
Several months ago, I had the bright idea of writing a series of blog posts about all of the changes resulting from the Arab Spring and how they affected investors. I didn’t get very far. There’s simply too much going on to make for me to write any sort of useful blog post. And so, [...]
Posted in Emerging Markets | Tagged Arab Spring, Emerging Markets for Dummies, MENA, Middle East, North Africa |
By Ann Logue on May 22, 2012
The New York Times continued its college debt series with a story on how college presidents are starting to think about cost containment. Although waste, fraud, and mismanagement are low on the list for why college costs are so high, they do exist, at public and private campuses alike. There are odd fiefdoms on every [...]
Posted in College Admissions and Costs, Political Discourse | Tagged college costs, financial aid, paying for college |
