Fairly Conservative

I still need to think this through, but I kind of like the story.

You might remember I was struggling with the whole bank decision last year. Hmmmm….

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I married an accountant. One of the new year’s rituals involves a little summary on last year’s finances. (End game: we’re eating.)
I tried to do a little check up on things of my own. I opened the page of investments I keep. Some up, one down. Ok, I may have to deal with that. I [...]

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–I predict Fairly Conservative will have its 15,000th comment. Yes, that’s a lot of chatter. It’s also a strong indication of the health of this blog. We’ve not even had a 2nd birthday yet.
–I will be playing with the blog design. I can’t help it. I’m finding some very cool stuff out there. I remember [...]

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One of the readers and I had a little exchange yesterday where he mentioned this chart:

I was all prepared to make a new one, but really, there’s little change. The DOW is up to around 10,400 now, about a 400 point increase than the chart shows.
It’s going to take a long time to get back [...]

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Go read Brad V’s brief but important quote at Letters in Bottles.

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A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a story titled The Man Who Predicted the Depression. This one is worth your time.
We’re naive to think our economic issues are over. We’re also incredibly stupid not to have seen it coming. (Ok, some of us were better prepared than others.) I firmly believe that [...]

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This morning markets are reacting to the news the U.S. economy grew last quarter at a slightly higher rate than expected. Economists had indicated the 3rd quarter would report growth, but they were looking at 3% to 3.2%. This morning’s number popped in at 3.5%. It’s a good number confirming the relief that some are [...]

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So, those main news channels aren’t covering the blockbuster news that the Senate blasted one of Harry Reid’s ideas 53-47. No, they are covering the pay czar’s decision to dump 90% of the top tier pay for those financial institutions who still owe TARP funding.
I’m very pleased with the Senate vote. I’ll try to find [...]

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Even before the advent of software tracking like Quicken, the spouse and I kept track of every penny. I think that’s one of the reasons we’re so compatible. When we first started dating, he found out I kept a ledger documenting expenses. I found out he kept a lined spreadsheet doing the same. It really [...]

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Not only that, but you have to give back what you have been paid this year.
It scares me to think this story is from America. From Bloomberg:
The decision marks the first return of money at one of the seven companies whose compensation practices are being scrutinized by [U.S. government pay supervisor Kenneth] Feinberg, the Obama [...]

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