FRC’s Exchange Fund: VCs Are From Mars, Traders Are From Venus
Both the blogosphere and the Twittersphere have been abuzz with First Round Capital’s new exchange fund idea. Here are a few extract’s from Josh Kopelman’s post on the new program:
At long last, Hoenig breaks consensus at the Fed
The post-Lehman Fed unanimity has finally been broken. The Fed again voted to keep interest rates unchanged in the 0 to 0.25 per cent range for an ‘extended period.” But [...]
Post-recession carping
Britain’s out of recession at last: fourth-quarter growth of a stunning 0.1% (unless it is revised down). Predictably, there aren’t many cheers, particularly among the right-wing bloggers. Britain, Paul Staines points out in an amusing vide…
Justin Fox Says Goodbye!
He writes: >The Curious Capitalist: I started writing this blog in Sept. 2006 at Fortune.com (a wholly owned subsidiary of CNNMoney.com). The very first post was about boards of directors. Law professor Stephen Bainbridge thought it was stupid. I sa…
The Employment Challenge
I was pondering the other day about the economy, unemployment, recession-recovery, and it got me thinking about a topic I think is very important. This post takes a very different track from the usual analysis – in fact I will issue you a challenge.
U.S. Postal Service Issues Olympic Winter Games Stamp
Snowboarder Featured on Stamp
PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service today commemorates the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with the issuance of a stamp featuring an illustration of a snowboarder. The stamp goes…
An Unexpected Jump In Jobless Claims
There are two ways to interpret this morning’s disappointing news on jobless claims for last week. One is that the jig is up and the economy’s set for a fresh round of trouble. The other is newly minted confirmation that the post-recession recovery…
Calculating Mortgage Closing Costs: Some Facts
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from SVB of The Digerati Life a well known site that covers diverse topics on personal finance, from low interest credit cards to savings account…
Common Misconceptions And Mistakes When Buying Term Insurance
I am pleased to introduce my guest-post today from Brian Poncelet from Right Insurance. Brian is a Certified Finance Planner who specializes in Life Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance and Disability Insurance. Brian takes his time today to write ab…
When A 79.9% APR Is Good?
Adam Levitin wrote an informative post on Credit Slips a couple of weeks ago; I missed it but it looks like no one in my RSS reader has mentioned it, so here goes. One provision of last year’s credit card legislation limited up-front fees to 25% of t…