Category Archives: Investing

Here are the links of the week that I found particularly interesting or relevant.

• Design is what matters, in both gardening and engineering.
• The IAEA, and all its member governments, knew within weeks that the nuclear reactors at Fukushima had melted down, but they didn’t tell the public for another month and a half.
• LinkedIn (LNKD) is the most expensive stock in the US. If we look at price-to-earnings ratios (P/E), their price assumes they will (eventually) be 162X more profitable than Apple (AAPL), or 129X more profitable than Google (GOOG).
• Irony abounds: the top 10 ‘welfare’ states are solidly Republican (states that give the federal government less than they get). The top 10 ‘donor’ states are largely Democratic.
• Greece will eventually restructure (read: default) on their debt. The euro’s about to go through hell in a handbasket.
• If you’ve never heard of MERS, you should read about it. They ‘oversee’ half the mortgages in the US. And yet, what they do is likely invalid under settled law. There was a recent court ruling that could make their affairs very interesting.

Work + brains = here

While I love working with databases, they are not my only passion. I am also a huge believer in retiring early, having enough money to pay for my (future) child to go to college, and being able to work only when I choose to. In essence, I am a big believer in knowing about personal finance.

As a result, I have a list of tips and tricks about personal finance, investing, economics, and risk. I want to protect myself and my family from what may be happening in the future. I also want to know the best way to invest the savings I can scrape together from each paycheck.

Risk isn't just a game

So, along with SQL Server and database posts, I’ll also be doing blog posts on topics ranging from personal finance, to investing, to economics. Stay tuned!