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Aug
14

Banks are not my favourites

blog on August 14th, 2009

Banks may be exhibiting the worst examples of capitalism. For many years, they have been run by arrogant, self-serving individuals and now, having crashed and burned rather badly, they show they have learned nothing, particularly humility.
Here’s a quick summary of the last decade or so. It began with several years spent creaming huge profits through [...]

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Jul
27

Teaching your kids about saving

blog on July 27th, 2009

One of the big things parents can teach their kids is how to handle money well.
My big question is, why do kids have no concept of saving? This is something that needs to be taught. I’m no great expert at finance matters and finance forums really bore me to sleep, so I’m probably not the [...]

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