Archive for August, 2005
The Cost of Vision — Eyeglasses and Contacts
My girlfriend needed to get a new eye prescription as her eyes had been bothering her for the last week. The company she works for does not have vision benefits (not even discounts at certain providers), so she wanted to go to Pearle Vision (a franchise eye exam and eyewear store). The last […]
Buying a Car on Ebay
Here’s some insanity from the USA Today regarding purchasing a car from Ebay.
Here’s a couple of notes from it:
1) EBay Motors has sold more than 1 million cars since 2000.
2) Although eBay won’t say how many cars it expects to sell this year, it says a car is sold through eBay Motors every minute.
3) Nearly […]
Consumer Spending and The Price of Crude Oil
A snippet on Crude Oil Prices taken from CNBC’s website…
After another record, is crude headed to $100?
Oil prices wouldn’t go away and probably won’t be going away any time soon.
For most of the morning, the price of crude oil was falling. The selling ended in the afternoon, however, and crude bounced to a new record […]
Historical Documents Regarding Portfolio Theory and Asset Allocation
For those of you interested in reading important investment theory documents here is a link to some of the best financial and portfolio theory documents of our time (including Markowitz, Sharpe, and Malkiel). This is more academia, as opposed to the articles posted on MSN, CNN, etc.
