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May 25, 2010: We know that gasoline is not cheap. Neither do these examples suggest that gasoline is cheap. They simply illustrate how outrageous some prices are. Since we purchase these commodities in small quantities we’re usually not aware about how expensive they are. More so, when compared to gasoline. Really, this set of data coerced us to think, and aided in correcting our perspective.

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May 24, 2011: April was a fantastic month of blogging. We thank our loyal readers and subscribers for lending their attention and support to what we write. Visitors to our site have been steadily on the rise.

We express our gratitude to fellow publishers in the blogging community who have sent traffic our way and linked to our articles. Our top ten traffic referrers for this month are:

Also,

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May 18, 2011: April begins with a fools day :). Jokes apart it is the month of financial literacy! April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar. Around 700 BC, King Numa Pompilius added the months of January and February. Thus April was relegated to the fourth position.

April was sacred to Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on its first day. Some scholars

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Invest in assets or strategies? The world’s first hedge fund manager Munehisa Homma, invented quantitative trading, event-driven arbitrage and managed futures trend following. Good hedge funds have increased exposure to Japan after the disaster; bad ones reduced and sold the low. Others lost because their so-called “quants” and “risk managers” hadn’t modeled for an event that was CERTAIN to occur.

I have no doubt Homma-sensei would be long Nikkei 9,000 strike call options right now. Taking the other side of panic usually works. In 1755 the developer of pattern recognition and candlestick analysis wrote “Buy when the crowd is selling”. The current commodities “boom” is also ideal for his contrarian long/short relative value strategies. Amazingly some investment “professionals” still attempt to trade such markets without complete mastery of his methods.

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May 13, 2011:If you’ve recently graduated in 2011, then here’s some good news for you. eBillMe is celebrating your graduation with a special Graduation Contest that will take place on Facebook only. Try your luck! You might win a $100 Gift Card of your choice (Dell | HP Direct | American Airlines | Old Navy | Banana Republic) by simply doing the following:
Upload a photo of yourself (if youre a

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Invest in assets or strategies? The world’s best ever fund manager Munehisa Honma, invented quantitative trading, event-driven and managed futures trend following. Good investors increased exposure to Japan recently; bad ones reduced and sold the low. Others lost because their “quants” and “risk managers” hadn’t modeled for an event that was CERTAIN to occur.

I have no doubt Honma-sensei would be getting long Nikkei 9,000 strike call options and EWJ right now. Taking the other side of panic usually works. In 1755 the developer of algorithmic trading, pattern recognition and candlestick analysis wrote “Buy when the crowd is selling”. The current commodities “boom” is also ideal for his contrarian long/short relative value strategies.

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Invest in assets or strategies? Hedge fund manager Munehisa Honma, invented quantitative investing, managed futures, event-driven arbitrage and derivatives trading. Good managers increased exposure to Japan recently; bad ones reduced and sold the low! Others lost because their “quants” and “risk managers” hadn’t modeled for an event that was CERTAIN to occur. I don’t doubt Honma-sensei would be long Nikkei 9,000 call options right now. Taking the other side of panic usually works. In 1755 the developer of candlestick charts wrote “Buy when the crowd is selling”. The present commodities boom is perfect for his long SHORT strategies.

Since the earthquake, tsunami and radiation scare, I haven’t been able to contact several people I know that were in the affected area and their chances look remote. But the survivors will need plenty of help. Also having adopted many animals over the years, I’m concerned about the fate of displaced <a href=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japan-Earthquake-Animal-Rescue-and-Support/207835229228979?ref=ts
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Apr 27, 2011: eBillMe is offering a FREE Kindle through a special contest for Mother’s Day. The contest is for a deserving mom: Try your luck! You might win a FREE Kindle for your Mom by simply doing the following:
Submit the photo of your Mom or any deserving Mom you know on eBillMe’s Contest Facebook wall.
Tell all your Facebook friends to Like eBillMe’s Contest’s Facebook page and Like the

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Apr 26, 2011: We’re excited to announce that Ally Bank has begun to roll out Ally eCheck Deposit! The roll out will be done to Ally Bank’s customers in a phase by phase manner throughout 2011. This will help Ally Bank to collect feedback along the way to make their customers’ experience even better.

eCheck Deposit will allow customers to remotely deposit checks to their Ally Bank accounts by

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Invest in assets or strategies? Hedge fund manager Munehisa Honma, invented quantitative investment strategies, managed futures, event-driven arbitrage and derivatives trading. Good portfolio managers increased exposure to Japan recently; incompetent ones reduced and sold the low! Others lost because their so-called “quants” and “risk managers” hadn’t properly modeled for an event that was CERTAIN to occur. I don’t doubt Honma-sensei would be long Nikkei 9,000 call options right now. Taking the other side of panic usually works. In 1755 the developer of candlestick charts wrote “Buy when the crowd is selling”. Prepare for risks BEFORE they happen.

Since the earthquake, tsunami and radiation scare, I haven’t been able to contact several people I know that were in the affected area and their chances look remote. But the survivors will need plenty of help. Also having adopted many animals over the years, I’m concerned about the fate of displaced <a href=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japan-Earthquake-Animal-Rescue-and-Support/207835229228979?ref=ts
“target=_blank>Japanese pets and work animals. Whether it’s guarding an <a href=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8386123/Loyal-Japanese-dog-leads-rescuers-to-mate.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d81200dbae00e05,0

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