This was an historic week. Of course, I’m referring to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday, January 20. Millions made their way to the nation’s capital to witness the event. The sight of the crowd was simply breathtaking (at least from the view on my TV […]
Entries from January 2009
Inauguration Week
January 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin!
January 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, January 17, is the birthday of a great American patriot, Benjamin Franklin, so I would like to dedicate this post to him. Amongst his many accomplishments, he was famous for authoring Poor Richard’s Almanack (under the pseudonym Richard Saunders); inventing the lightning rod, bifocal glasses and the Franklin stove; and being a Founding Father […]
Tags: Compound Interest · Famous Figures · Quotes
ev’ reward
January 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments
A while ago, I mentioned Ebates, a site that gives its users cash back when they click through its site to participating retailers, in one of my entries about “sweet” deals.
Recently, I heard of another site called ev’reward which aggregates all the rewards available online including coupon codes/discounts, cash back rebates, savings rewards, and […]
Tags: Deals
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday.
2008 was certainly a tough year (at least economy-wise). All the major indexes were down significantly with the Dow Jones down 33.8% (its worst performance since Depression-era 1931), the Nasdaq down 40.6%, and the S&P500 down 38.5%. Numerous businesses failed including many notable […]