The Amateur Financier

Today is going to be a shorter than normal collection of my thoughts, because most of my thoughts have been about things other than blogging this last week.  I am going to be taking the Graduate Record Examination (R), better known as the GRE, on Wednesday.  I’ve spent a lot of the past week studying various test prep materials, unfortunately spending less time than I would like on other things in my life, like blogging, spending time with my fiancee, and sleep.  (Just kidding on those last few, although not nearly as much much as I would like.)

Anyway, by this time tomorrow, I’ll be on my way to take the test.  I plan to do very well on it, then after spending the night attending my fiancee’s gallery opening, I’ll come home, relax, recover, and start tomorrow on blog posts for the coming week.  It’ll be nice to be able to search for jobs and work on my blog without worrying about how this test will turn out.

With all of that out of the way, I hope you’ll excuse the smaller than usual selection of quality articles from this past week; when I no longer have an upcoming test (and flashbacks to standardized tests from high school), I should have longer lists, filled with all the good articles I’ll catch up on in my spare time.

Good Yakezie Articles This Past Week

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage or Your Credit Card? – At one time, this might have been an easy question, but changes in ethics (foreclosure is no longer a red mark) and the broader financial picture (many houses are underwater; why put more money in when you’ll never get any out?) have changed the answer for many people.

What Are The Definitions of Liberal and Conservative? – While not directly related to personal finance, it’s good to know these terms, which get tossed around rather loosely (particularly in an election year) really mean.  There’s also a link to a short quiz to find out where you stand.

Would You Sell Yourself for One Million (British Pounds)? – An interesting question, inspired by a British entrepreneur’s offer to sell 10% of his income from this point on in exchange for 1 million pounds up front.  (I would do so in a heart beat, although I doubt I could fetch anywhere near that amount; although, from what I gathered, neither could he…)

The Best Superbowl Commercials for 2010 – It’s probably already been well hashed out around the water cooler, but here’s a bit more fuel for the ‘Best Super Bowl Commercial’ Discussion.  (Although, I defy anyone to tell me that the beaver commercial for Monster.com was not absolutely hilarious.)

The 5 Worst Superbowl Commercials of 2010 – On the other, more horrifying side of the coin, we have th five worst commercials during this year’s Superbowl.  Sadly, there were many more that could be up for this reward…

Alright, that’s about it from me; it’s back to hitting the books (and the practice test screen).  Have a great day, and wish me luck!

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