Carl Richards’ book The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money came out at the end of March. I finally finished reading it, and it is great. Why? Because it is so darn simple! For most people, financial planning is a simple matter that starts with spending less money than… [Read More]
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2015 Freelance Success – WordCount Blogathon
Yeah, it’s the Vince Vaughn stock photo, because why not? The 2015 Freelance Success – WordCount Blogathon doesn’t have a new logo, but it’s taking place once again. You can get info and sign up on Facebook. I’ve done it the last few years, and it’s a good way to force myself to keep this… [Read More]
I’m speaking at ASBPE and FinCon
I’m going to be speaking at two conferences in the next few months. The first is the American Society of Business Publication Editors conference on July 24 in New York City, where Erik Sherman and I will be talking about how to do financial research for reporting. The second is FinCon, to be held September… [Read More]
Rwanda: Munyurangabo
Right now, Rwanda is best known for the genocide of the Tutsi ethnic group in 1994. I don’t understand the irrational hatred that goes into genocide, and maybe no one does. The killings took place in the context of a civil war in Rwanda and have had implications for Rwanda and neighboring nations. The genocide… [Read More]
Hogs get slaughtered, Lilly for Target, and a bubble inflates and bursts in a week
Where do we begin with the fiasco that was the Target Missoni collection? You know, the one where the items sold on eBay for zillions of dollars? Except that eBay is flooded with items that have no bids, that are selling at list price, a good four years after the line was released. There have… [Read More]
