2012 February « The Long Run Blog

Scams, fitness style

While this isn’t necessarily financially related- except to the extent you don’t waste your money- I did find it fascinating and worth spreading. You’ve all seen those ads on web pages. The ones with the “before” and “after” pics of someone who lost weight and got buff. I’ve always assumed the pics were either taken months apart (which isn’t likely) or photoshopped. Well, someone finally exposed how its done. Enjoy:

Even more hilarious, is the youtube vid I noticed off to the side of this debunking video:

February 9, 2012 Posted by Brett | Frauds & Scams | Fitness, weight loss | Leave a Comment

Did the stimulus work? A new book.

Yes, according to a new book “Money Well Spent”. Interview with the author (below). Interesting that he still gives the stimulus a grade of “C” despite the book’s title. Might be a good read.

Unfortunately, WordPress will not embed a video on Yahoo!, so I have to give you a link:

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/author-grabell-stimulus-deserves-somewhere-between-b-c-191641177.html

February 1, 2012 Posted by Brett | Econ Policy | Leave a Comment

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Brett Spurr has been on and around Wall Street since the age of 19, nearly half a lifetime ago. He helped make investment decisions for a $15 billion mutual fund complex. While locking horns with CEOs was fun, he now runs a personal financial planning firm helping individuals navigate their financial lives. Brett is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ certificant and investment manager by day and a full-time geek who delights in debating all things financial or economic.

Karl Mamer is host of The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast, a 12-part look at conspiracies of today and the not too distant past. Karl is also the world’s greatest living proponent of Franglais. He also likes to bait Nigerian Bank Scammers and hosted his own podcast about teaching English in Seoul, South Korea. Karl lives in Toronto, Canada and works as a senior technical writer to pay the bills.

Julio Guardado is a former tech CEO who after surviving a tech start-up during the dot com bust decided to join the dark side and become an investment banker. While wining and dining CEO’s (we call it “locking horns”) is great, he enjoys getting inside their heads and companies even more. Julio also runs RV Investor, a web site that specializes in the recreational vehicle industry. Julio lives in Silicon Valley.

Jon Blumenfeld has been on and around Wall Street since 1989, as a trader and researcher in interest rates and their associated financial products. Most recently he was an Interest Rate Strategist at Bear Stearns and Co., where he was named to Institutional Investor Magazine’s All-America Fixed Income Research team for Interest Rate Derivatives in 2007.

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