Entries from April 2007

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Cash for Comments

As promised we are going to show what some paid posting look like as a case study (and make a little money..) please feel free to email me or post a comment and tell us how you feel about paid posting.. the jury is well and truly still out here at Investments & Loans.. [...]

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Speed Links

An irregular round up of the best finance and business links being socially book marked on the web..
First from Digg.com
1. 1 Million borrowers may be at risk of defaulting on their mortgages
2. 25% of Americans say they have no savings, including retirement
3. The world’s cheapest cars
4. Meet the world’s new 2nd richest man
And from [...]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

How does your debt level rate in the nation?

Sometimes it is helpful to see how you are tracking against the national average with your money..
Credit Card debt
Does it surprise you that less than half of Americans (46%) carry credit card debt? It surprised me. Let’s have a look at the median level of debt. It is broken out as follows for [...]

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Speed Links

Latest edition of Speed Links.. an irregular round-up of the hottest, socially book marked links in finance and business blogging..
First, Digg..
1. Ten things your restaurant will not tell you
2. 102 year old man takes out 25 year mortgage
3. Where company names came from
4. Ruling against Vonage signing any new customers
And, from Delicious..
1. How to [...]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Fantasy Trading, Beat the Street

The street.com is running a Fantasy Trading competition. First prize is $100k and a face to face with Jim Cramer, investment guru.
The premise is simple, “Beat the Street is a fantasy game for investors at all levels of experience. You can trade stocks without losing a dime, play the market no holds barred, AND [...]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Alchemists Movie Trailer

For those who love marketing and anything that even remotely resembles selling.. (you should read seth godin too..)
View the trailer –> here
Imagine a movie that, for the first time ever, pulls the curtain back to reveal a small group of individuals you’ve probably never heard of, but who undoubtedly changed your mind and your [...]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Advertise with Investments & Loans

Investments and Loans is one of the fastest growing personal finance blogs on the web.
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You get your highly targeted marketing option, quality traffic and full exposure to [...]

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Berkshire Hathaway’s Investments

Following on from our How to Invest like Warren Buffet series.. I thought you might be interested to see what companies Warren Buffet and Birkshire Hathaway hold positions in..
This list is a little old (2002) but comes from Buffet Secrets..
GEICO - Motor insurance company, provided earnings to Berkshire in 2002 of 271 million [...]

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Monday Link Round-up

A quick round up of some hot finance links this week (found on Digg and Delicious)..
1. Car dealerships rip you off with the “Four Square”.. Here’s how to beat it
2. Cheap but great dates
3. 5 Top factors that affect employee productivity
4. Mogul sentenced to 9 years for failing to pay $200Million in taxes
5. [...]