it grinds my gears carnival - April 18, 2009
Welcome to the April 18, 2009 edition of it grinds my gears carnival. It grinds my gears that I always have lots of work to do causing delays on publishing this carnival!!! Enjoy!!!
Generation Bubble presents (B)Hummer posted at Generation Bubble.
Frank Vertin presents Just Buy Index Funds Directly posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUND, saying, “Wasting huge amounts of my own money on worthless financial advice really grinds my gears. Buying an S&P 500 index fund through an investment counselor can substantially increase your initial purchasing costs and and drive up your annual management expense fees. Unfortunately, the vast majority of individual investors buy mutual funds and ETFs through brokers and investment advisers. Rarely do financial advisors recommend that you buy index funds with low fees. This is because low cost, no load mutual funds do not pay them as well as loaded, high fee mutual funds.”
Larry Russell presents Most Individual Investors Are Poor Personal Portfolio Managers | Personal Investment Management posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “Everybody is irritated by investment incompetence, but very often it is their own! Investors more easily understand investment costs that are directly measurable, such as fees deducted on investment statements. However, many investors ignore or are unaware of the opportunity costs of their sub-optimal investment behaviors. Opportunity costs are usually much more difficult to measure directly, but these investment costs can be even higher than more visible investment fees.”
Wenchypoo presents Why the Scum Always Seems to Rise to the Top posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Walter W. Fouse presents 7 Ways to Pick the Best Noload Mutual Funds and ETFs posted at Best No Load Funds, saying, “It grinds my gears when people waste money investing. The vast body of investment research studies show that there really are better approaches to buying and owning mutual funds and ETFs. You do not need to frantically chase fund performance. Performance chasing simply does not work.”
Archvillain presents Liberty Wept posted at A Dark and Sinister Force for Good, saying, “The police supposedly work for us. When did we become “the enemy”?”
Carole Gold presents Christ Consciousness posted at Carole Gold, saying, “How the messenger’s bias got in the way of the message.”
Chris_SS presents Some Ways People Are Mentally Lazy About Judging Others posted at How to have more social success.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Seeing Red Over Rep. Betty Brown posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
Vanessa Wolf presents Welcome, Ku Klux Klan enthusiasts posted at Wide Awake in Wonderland.
Marcus Smith presents The Law of Diminishing Returns in Public Speaking posted at MarcusASmith.com.
Aaron R presents An Immodest Proposal posted at Aaron Rogier.
Clair Schwan presents People declined social security benefits - for no good reason at all posted at Libertarian Logic, saying, “Here is an example of how government abuses their power and then penalizes citizens because we simply want choice. This article discusses a case of individuals that are suing the Social Security Administration because they don’t want to be part of Medicare, and because of that, their Social Security benefits are being denied.”
FitBuff presents What Happens When You Stop Smoking? You’ll be shocked! posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “You know what really grinds my gears? SMOKING!
If you’re addicted to nicotine, it’s never too late to stop smoking, until it kills you. The good news is your body will begin reversing the damage almost immediately. Check out this timeline of just how shockingly fast things start turning around…”
Conan Stevens presents Bangkok Police Shake Down Foreigners For Cash posted at Conan Stevens Online, saying, “Having cops try and take a bribe from you for a crime that you did not commit, while the real ‘crime’ is blantantly on display in big neon lights across the road”
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