The Eastern European Equity Fund filed a revised prospectus on May 7, 2012: it changed its investment objective from investing 80 percent of its funds into Eastern European countries to investing 80 percent in European countries, east and west, north and south. It’s an interesting move for the fund, which has been highly rated but… [Read More]
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If I Started Blogging Today, I Would . . .
Although the Blogathon is over, I realized that I missed one of the post challenges: to write about what I would do differently if I started blogging today. But here’s the thing: I am a really reluctant blogger to begin with. Way back in 2006, I did a presentation on why I loved blogs but… [Read More]
Advice for Freelancers: Make Friends with the FlyLady
I’m a big fan of the FlyLady. Her name is Marla Cilley, and she has an approach to getting organized that makes a lot of sense. She is very much about how to do housework better, but much of her philosophy makes sense for freelancers. And, if you work at home, you know how much… [Read More]
Blogathon: I Did It!
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,… [Read More]
Paying for College: Laura Laing and I Take on Good Debt, Bad Debt, and Student Loans
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… [Read More]
