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that's funny, graphrix... we usually don't worry about beating a benchmark. we may, after the fact, look back and say, "well i had a good year, made 20% on my money, and beat the pants off of the s&p which only returned 9%." but as long as your goal is absolute return (20%) and not...

unfortunately, "money honey" evoked this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Money-Honey-Candid-Sale-Singapore/dp/9813056703/">http://www.amazon.com/Money-Honey-Candid-Sale-Singapore/dp/9813056703/</a> that i found at the singapore airport!

reason - then wait until you get a hi def big screen. the one single remote has 9 different input sources, my parents never can figure out how to use it. let's see: (1) antenna 1 (2) antenna 2 (3) colorstream 1 (4) colorstream 2 (5) hdmi (6) analog 1 (7) analog 2 (8) analog 3 (9) pc. you need...

i remember those were all good brands when we were window-shopping 2 years ago. we bought a toshiba, loves it. back then the good brands were samsung and sony, with toshiba, mitsubishi and one other (can't remember but not pioneer) not far behind. there's a personal taste factor...

if the letters aren't that important, i would encourage you to take the hit and spend the time on just the reading. the material is not super hard to understand, the time commitment is the toughie. i counted the number of books and number of pages i had to read, and realized it was the...

gitoc - yes plasma has the burn-in issue, and lcd has the pixels-don't-light-up-fast-enough-for-action-movie issue (forgot what it's called). so if you're a tv junkie, i'd get plasma because the picture is superior for the hours and hours that you will spend watching it. as long as the...

plasma -> the picture looks better to me. two other things: 1) avoid stores that don't put their tv's next to each other. costco doesn't put their "generic" brands next to namebrands for a reason. the generic tv's look pretty good by themselves, but bad when next to a brand name and...

thanks graphrix, for the kind words. and you just reminded me i haven't paid this year's dues i was a little bored at my job back then, and it pushed me to set aside time and educate myself. the topics were very interesting (well to me anyway), but believe it or not, not in-depth...

graphrix - yes i did. but that was back in 97-98-99, passing rates were 50-60-70, as opposed to recent numbers like 35-50-70. also, things like credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, swaptions were just not mentioned at all! ah, the good old days!

hi bkshopr - my wife and i are really addicted to quail hill. can you please do a neighborhood profile of it? thanks a million!

<p>someone must know the answer, along with size, date, maybe even an address!?! anyone?</p>

anyone else has the experience of playing wack-a-fly on lucille's patio? my wife was quite impressed how half a dozen flies can keep our boys entertained throughout the meal!

alright -> here's a good one: WHAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOME EVER SOLD IN IRVINE? SFRs ONLY PLEASE...

<p>when i was in grad school, my finance professor quoted this stat: "80+% of all individuals (excluding investment firms) that trade options end up losing money". this was in 1991-92, but i can't imagine it's too different nowadays...dunno from where he got the stat though.</p> <p>i've been...

can you please explain: a builder, like TW, undergoes high turnover. how does that affect the actual floorplans they use? i was under the impression that builders have a binder of proprietary old floor plans, then whip out the binder every time they win a bid to build new homes...

so now we know they'd do it....question is: will this actually loosen the credit crunch? i have a strange feeling it won't...what do you all think?

Somewhere in Tustin, Irvine Soul Brother is foaming at the mouth at what we've done to his thread

I learned a lot about the city of Irvine from this blog. So I was driving home today, and it hit me, "Hey let me start a thread to let everyone throw out their favorite Irvine trivia questions, and see if it'll stick..." So I'll start with one question, and I don't know the answer to it...

you're not telling us much, re_fan...how old are you? married/single? got kids? what's most important - space, view, convenience to highway? minimum square footage required? check out the neighborhood profiles done by irvine renter, they're priceless if you're new to the area.

i'm with irvine commuter - plummer's has the best combo between looks and price for contemporary furniture. room and board is a teeny bit more modern, but much pricier. you can visit "furniture row" (it's a street called methinks carlota that is parallel to 5 right before the el toro...