Daily Archives: March 29, 2012

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Is the Person Responsible for Your Pension a Psychopath?

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!
Your business card just bumped you to the top of my ruin-financially-or-murder list.

You probably heard a few weeks ago that at least 10% of the people working in the financial sector are psychopaths. You were probably not surprised by that. In fact, if you’re anything like me, you were probably a little surprised that there weren’t more Patrick Batemans running around Wall Street feeding cats to ATM machines. Continue reading

QOTD: Lotto Fever or What Would You Do with Half a Billion Dollars

First off, let’s be clear about one thing: half billion dollars sounds much better than $500 million, doesn’t it?

My kids saw the news last night and wanted to buy some lottery tickets. They were despondent when they found out you needed to be 18 years old to play. We had an interesting discussion last night about what they would want to buy if they won. Continue reading