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You know what rankles me? The financial houses just don’t get it. Despite crippling losses, multibillion-dollar bailouts and the passing of some of the most prominent names in the business, employees at financial companies in New York, the now-diminished world capital of capital, collected an estimated $18.4 billion in bonuses for the year. Actually, they . . . → Read More: Bonuses I found myself sitting up late last night wondering how it is that the whole world (relatively speaking) can be working on the problem of our imminent financial collapse and yet not find any good solutions. I think that one of the core problems is that the people most directly involved in the situation (the . . . → Read More: Brooding I’m trying to figure out the dynamics of the housing market, in preparation for looking at houses. First of all, yes, I’m well aware that the market is still massively overpriced. Yes, I’m aware that the rent:own ratio is over 2, where it should be less than 1. Yes, I’m also aware that the . . . → Read More: Housing Exciting weekend looking for houses in Providence, RI and the surrounding hamlets. My initial impression is very positive. This will be a fine place to live, the community is certainly thriving. My second impression is that, for the money, we can get a house about equal in size to the one we currently own. To . . . → Read More: I love finance… Too many balls in the air, that is. Old juggling metaphor. . . . → Read More: Balls in the air… |
