| Kitsap's Heavy Hitter: Finally, It's Norm's Time
Decades of patiently biding his time until a leadership opportunity presented itself has finally paid off for the 6th District congressman. By Kayla Webley, For the Kitsap Sun
April 8, 2007 WASHINGTON For 30 years, Rep. Norm Dicks waited for his opportunity to be in the spotlight. .
Suze Orman: A mixed response
Recently , BloggingStocks writers have written several pieces about personal finance guru Suze Orman. In January, Vince Chan wrote about Orman's endorsement of TD Ameritrade, with some skepticism about her motives. On February 26th, I wrote that Suze Orman had come out in an interview with the New York Times. Orman has received a mixed reception in the media, and last week I defended her, and then my colleague Georges Yared wrote a piece not defending her. Throughout all this coverage of Suze Orman in the media and on BloggingStocks, our readers have responded in a way that can best be described as bimodal. Some of the comments: No one who has a clue listens to Suze Orman's squawking anyway. Some of the best financial advise I got was from Suze on a PBS special, and for all intents and purposes it was FREE! Her financial spew is completely useless and PAINFUL to listen to.
Fixing Iraq
Why did the Coalition Provisional Authority (C.P.A.) and the subsequent Iraqi governments do such a bad job of fixing Iraq? There was next to no planning; there was a major shortage of qualified personnel; those that did volunteer were inexperienced; few stayed for very long; and the constant turnover of staff created chaos. "There seemed to be too many chiefs in the palace, multiple people who had been summoned to the White House and told that they had been personally selected to run a part of Iraq, only to arrive and find that someone else had been told the exact same thing," Rory Stewart, the C.P.A. official in charge of Maysan, would write later.(2) "Then there were the non-Americans, who had been appointed by their politicians to do the very same jobs. Much of the energy of the C.P.A.
Understanding investment risk
A few weeks ago I touched on the subject of risk and return. I covered the relationship between basic assets such as cash, bonds and equities. We will now take a closer look at these together with a number of other asset classes. The accompanying chart should help guide you through the maze to give you an idea of the relative risk and potential returns of each asset class. First, let me emphasize that the chart is just a guide. It looks at the likely returns over a five-year period. Returns are likely to fall within the two curved lines in the majority of cases. Over most five-year periods the returns will be positive except in the case of "own business" where the risk is much higher. In extreme cases returns may fall above or below the curved lines with any of the assets.
The Skeptics Are Wrong - There Are Still Easy Ways To Make Money ...
Vancouver, BC (FV Newswire) - The Internet is wide open when it comes to making money -- as long as people follow a few simple strategies.
That's according to Derek Gehl, CEO of The Internet Marketing Center (www.marketingtips.com) - whose company specializes in helping people start successful home-based Internet businesses.
"Over the course of helping literally hundreds of my students get wealthy online, I've discovered what works and what doesn't," Gehl says, "And really, getting started boils down to just three simple techniques."
These techniques, which Gehl explains in detail in his new book "Three Strategies You Can Use To Make Serious Money Online," include joining affiliate programs for free, selling other peoples' products through a simple and inexpensive reprint rights arrangement, and "dropshipping" -- a strategy that involves having the manufacturer of your products pay to store and ship them for you.
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