J.C.’s Money Blog

Documenting my journey from the corporate world to entrepreneur. And then getting really rich.

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Protectionism kills

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

I mentioned that I love to read Robert Kiyosaki articles on Yahoo!, because I hate them so much. On the other hand, I love to read articles by Charles Wheelen articles there, because they are usually pretty good, albeit a little less sensationalist than Bob’s.
He has an article on why limiting free trade in your [...]

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Tags: macroeconomics

Portfolio update Nov 2007

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

My portfolio is pretty boring right now, but I imagine it will get more interesting as I shift from focusing on my career to growing my assets.

Right now I have nothing but this index fund, since I have been focusing on my career, instead of focusing on my portfolio.
SPDRs is a low cost index fund [...]

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MM doesn’t like dividends either

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

MM from pfblog.com just wrote an article about why he is not a dividend investor.
His arguments are:
Share buy back possibility
Companies can buy back their own shares when they have the cash, instead of giving it out as dividends. This makes the percentage of company ownership a bit higher for every share, making the shares each [...]

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Tags: investment philosophy