Category Archives: Bad Advice

Supreme Court rules for textbook arbitrageurs! Also: the worst graduate school in the world

Posted on March 20, 2013 by admin

THE WORST GRADUATE SCHOOL IN THE WORLD:Congratulations, Columbia Journalism School! You’re the winner of the Personal Finance Digest Worst Graduate School in the World Award. The cost of the school’s one-year degree is $84,000, which includes a whopping $58,000 in … Continue reading →

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Graduate degrees don’t guarantee you anything, and Dave Ramsey’s bad advice

Posted on March 11, 2013 by admin

Ever since we were kids, there’s been a perception that this country isn’t producing enough engineers and scientists. Do the data bear this out? On the contrary, the data would seem to suggest we’re producing too many. The Atlantic reports on … Continue reading →

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Bad financial product of the day

Posted on January 23, 2013 by admin

Do we really need Ipad loans?

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Thousand dollar bonuses and trillion dollar coins

Posted on January 9, 2013 by admin

TD AMERITRADE $1,000 BONUS FOR $250K ACCOUNT: It’s a steep cost of admission, but if you have the assets available, TD Ameritrade would gladly give you $1,000 if you’ll be so kind as to park $250,000 in an account with … Continue reading →

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