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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Where To Find The 1.75% Share Secured Loan Rate
I had a few people e-mail me and ask where they could find the 1.75% interest rate on the loan I recently wrote about and to be honest, I thought it would be really easy but even the web didn’t simplify the search too much. The first step is to visit your local credit [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Money Management by RichSlick
Monday, December 5th, 2011
How To Reduce Student Loans or Mortgage Loan Rates To 1.75% Interest!
So here’s something I stumbled upon at one of my credit unions. I was contemplating taking a loan out to pay off one of my student loans who’s interest rate climbed to 6.9% and homey don’t like to pay interest that high! I walked in to the credit union and asked for the loan [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in MMO,Money Management by RichSlick
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Another MBA Semester Down and Why MBA Programs Are Failing Society
It seems like an eternity since I started my MBA program and I’ve just completed another semester, at this rate I should be done in 2013 but I can already tell you that having completed about 70% of the program I clearly understand why the global economic crisis arose despite having more Ph.D’s, MBA’s and [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Observations,Philosophy by RichSlick
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Trade of the Decade? Already Made $5,000 In A Few Weeks
I have been raking in the cash lately using my favorite system of trading and it seems the trade of a decade…perhaps lifetime is coming in January 2012. With the European debt fiasco and the upcoming portfolio rollover in January this may be the best opportunity to trade the market. I am personally [...]
No Comments » - Posted in MMO by RichSlick
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Black Friday Ads Reveal Problem With American Economy
If the American recovery is to recover then retailers and manufacturers need to focus more on innovation. I got Walmart’s (not that I would ever shop there) Black Friday Ad in the mail yesterday and it helped confirm my suspicions about part of the problem with the U.S. economy. The cover page shows a couple [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Rants by RichSlick
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
My Christmas Dilemma
With Greece about to hose the European Union and the Fed announcing “challenging” economic future and joblessness, I can help explain my personal theory which ties into my Christmas dilemma. In a nutshell, I don’t have anything to buy this Christmas for my immediate family. We own ipods, ipod touches, iPads, iPhone 4s’, iMacs, MacBooks, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in John Galt by RichSlick
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Finally Got My 4 New iPhones 4S – They’re Great!
Once again, Apple has blown away my expectations with the iPhone 4S and to be honest it’s my first iPhone. I own all other Apple products including Apple TV, iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac and a variety of ipods but the iPhone 4s is my favorite. I waiting years for my carrier to get the iPhone [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Raves by RichSlick
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Battle For My Dollars: Cable TV vs Mobile Telephony, Just Spent $6,720 on iPhones!
So my kids have been begging me for the new iPhone 4S and I explain that these phones are expensive with expensive service plans but they still want one. I finally broke down and said I would get them iPhones if they were willing to trade in AT&T Uverse television in return. The costs are [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Money Management by RichSlick
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
My MBA Peers Are Cancelling Their Cable Subscriptions
I’m now about 5 or 7 classes away from finishing either one or two MBA programs at my university. It’s been a long road and the days just fly by but I get to learn something new every day from my peers. I recently learned through a discussion in a marketing class that many students [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Observations by RichSlick
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Taking A Look At High School Boarding Schools
So we went to prep school fair this past weekend and ran into quite a few prep schools based mostly in the north east like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, a few in the south and a couple in the west. The few schools my oldest was interested including one in Hawaii (Hawaii Prep Academy) and one [...]