Recent content by Newport Trojan_IHB

I am getting a new passport at the end of this month and will be using it in Nice, Corsica, Italy and Croatia. Nothing like summer vacation in Europe. Anyone have tips on Corsica?

I find it unusual how the same people who moan and groan over foreign countries "dumping" their cheap goods and services into the US are also the bleeding hearts who cry out that something needs to be done to alleviate the pain and suffering of most the population in the previous country that...

I think you guys are focusing way to much on the the "Big 2", but have left out the volatile ones who usually cause the problem. If you are looking for a war that draws everyone in, then look no further than to those great friends Pakistan and India. We will have a war between two democracies...

So I am looking for private rental properties and started searching craigslist for some places. After checking some of the places, I ran across a few adds for high end places at very low monthly rates. My gut instinct says scam, so I first checked the IHB for any know scams like this and found...

I received another one from Chase (Yes I have 2 with them and don't use either of them) today...Is there something with the timing that these go out at the same time for everyone? Something smells like desperation. Is it just statistical anomalies or do we have a regression formula factor?

I shifted everything out of equity mutual funds in Jan and loss approximately 8%. I then moved it into what I thought was the safest thing...money market fund offered by Fidelity, but after reading this blog, Calc'd Risk, Naked Cap...I decided I didn't want to risk the buck being broken. I have...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E270Qx5OpxU">Good Eats 1 of 3</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNLYL24qUA&feature=related">part 2 of 3</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mq29BaLLk&feature=related">3 of 3</a> This is the most comprehensive show I have seen...