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[18 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]
Bulls and Bears, Analyzed

Buy low, sell high – that’s the way you do in on Wall Street, if you want to make money. If that’s the case, then stocks muse be going like hotcakes! They can’t go much lower, can they? That. of course, is the trillion dollar question – and lots of people believe that things could go from bad (now) to worse (later).
What’s a potential investor to do? Of course, you could leave your money in the nice, safe bank, but where’s the fun in that? What you need …

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[6 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]
Your Way on the Highway

If you’re traveling this summer – you have my sympathies! Ticket prices are way up, thanks to record high fuel costs. And what do you get for your money? A nasty attitude from the flight staff. You’re paying more than ever, but customer satisfaction is at near record lows!
But when you gotta go, you gotta go. No doubt, after paying for your plane fare, you’ll be financially wiped out. Don’t rent a car – instead, use these ideas to cut down on the cost of getting around while you’re “over …

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[15 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]
A Book of Your Own

In the writing game, there is a definite hierarchy – like a caste system, with some writers snobbishly looking down on others because they “just” write in newspapers, for example, instead of having their own ISBN number. “Yeah, we can’t all be like Stephen King – there’s no need to rub it in,” I told the world famous author with dozens of books and movie deals, not to mention plenty of cash, when he ranked on me (no, it was not Stephen King!). But now I can hold …

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[18 Jan 2008 | No Comment | ]
Greenhorns Unite!

Kermit the frog was right It’s not easy being green – a greenhorn, that is. It’s an old-fashioned kind of word, what they used to call European immigrants to the New World 100 or so years ago. But guess what – history is repeating itself! Don’t believe me? Just listen to your kids having a mile-a-minute (sorry, kilometer a minute!) conversation in Hebrew with their Israeli friends, and see how much of it you can follow! A greenhorn, of course, is a clueless newcomer. And while many of …