Archive for March, 2009

  • Investment vs Speculation

    In this website we mainly deal with investment, but every now and then some speculation aspect comes up. They are two very different concepts and two different approaches to the financial markets, so even if they are often used interchangeably, it is important to be clear about...

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  • I love Kiva

    For those not familiar, Kiva (www.kiva.org) is a person-to-person micro-lending site that allows individuals, primarily from developed countries, to lend directly to entrepreneurs in the developing world.  The borrowers are in places like Cambodia, Bolivia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Peru, and Tanzania — and primarily borrow to...

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