Archive for March, 2009

These days, my financial thoughts seem to have taken a holiday. Really. Everyday I scan the papers and read online news about how the economy is, how the markets are behaving, what the stocks are like and where commodities are going etc. but without much clarity.
Everyday, “experts” give a variety of claims – one day [...]

Business Times carried an article on the CPI forecast for February 2009. The table above shows the various forecast by main research houses/ banks.
While the average shows 3.41%, I am just wondering how people measure inflation when the price of things do not go up significantly but the portion does!! E.g. the hawker used to sell [...]

Bloomberg carried an interesting piece of news on Citigroup today. It is said that Citigroup intends to spend a whooping $10 million on refurbishings  for the top man and his band of lieutenants. This is apparently part of an effort to reduce its office space worldwide by more than 10 million square feet to help save [...]

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Today, I was watching an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and there was a debate as to who was worth more – the home maker or the husband who brings home the paycheck?
Now, I am sure we have all thought about this before, even if both are working and bringing home the dough. How do [...]

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Are you one of those couples who NEVER fight about money? If you are, then you are indeed very very lucky. Most couples I know will usually have at least some squabbles about money and how it is spent. I am one of such couple.
It is really different when you are single and worry free. [...]

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