smart money

What Do You Mean, Life Isn’t Fair?

April 9, 2012
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“What do you mean, ‘it’s not going to be fair’, Mom?” my eldest daughter asked. This weekend we hosted an Easter egg hunt and champagne brunch for several of our close friends and their children. My eldest Kung Fu Kid was so excited to have her friends come over, and yet she was very caught [...]

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Smart Money, Yield Curves and Viagra…?

March 28, 2012
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(Wow, the spam filters are going to have a field day with this one!) We left off on our juicy interest rate discussion (c’mon…you know you love to read about scintillating, fascinating, yummy-delicious interest rates…gets the blood pumping!) with some bond basics: yield, price, and coupon value, and why 10-year notes are the “new” benchmark [...]

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Technically Speaking, I Was An Idiot

November 2, 2011
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Once upon a time, there lived a girl who longed to become the “smart money”. Flush with confidence from the success of her recent silver purchase (imperfect though it was), the girl decided to increase her position and take a rather meaningful stake in the shiny metal. Silver had climbed over $1.50 during the previous [...]

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Top 5 Questions that the “Smart Money” Always Asks Before Making an Investment (That the “Dumb Money” Does Not!)

October 19, 2011
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Let’s get our Jedi Kung Fu on today!!! Do you ever wonder how some people seem to be able to make money off of just about any investment, while others suffer enormous losses? Well, today I’d like to share with you 5 key questions that the “smart money” always asks before making an investment: 1. Will [...]

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Diversified or Di”worse”ified?

September 30, 2011
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Right now I have CNBC on mute (I’m addicted to the tickers, not necessarily the reporting) and Jim Cramer has a huge billboard up promoting being “Diversified”. This idea has been drummed into sheeple’s people’s heads for so long by Wall St. and the big banks that I beg of you to please open your [...]

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Welcome, Grasshopper!

April 5, 2011
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Hello Grasshopper, and welcome to Kung Fu Finance!  It is my hope that through the help of this site you will learn not only to master your money, but also your mind, and MOST importantly, to do all of this while having fun along the way!  No matter where you may be currently, or where [...]

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