I love to hear people talking about hybrids and buying them at many thousands of extra dollars! But do these people really understand what they are doing.
a) MPG from EPA. To calculate the fuel economy of a vehicle in the US to the best of my knowledge the EPA uses a rolling road and essentially [...]
Entries from September 29th, 2007
Diesel Vrs Hybrid Vrs Petrol Cars – The great deception
September 29th, 2007 1 Comment
Tags: Brazil · California · car manufacturer · car manufacturers · celebrity · electricity · Environmental Protection Agency · Gas stations · Greenland · hybrid car · Jonathan Rose · oil · political decision makers · Toyota · United Kingdom · United States
Everybody wants to be an instant millionaire these days! Here's a fairly easy way to achieve it in far less time than you would imagine!
September 20th, 2007 No Comments
Everybody wants to be an instant millionaire these days! Here’s a fairly easy way to achieve it in far less time than you would imagine!
Guess what, you don’t have to be a football player, a “pop idol” or win the lottery to become a millionaire, you can just do it the old fashion way (saving).
The [...]
Tags: Americas · banking · Bloomberg · borrowing/ cash value rider · CD · DBCRUSI · derivative products · Deutsche Bank · financial products · football · football player · hedge funds · home owner · Jonathan Rose · life insurance policy · Merrill Lynch · Notes · Structured Products · UBS · USD
50 Basis Points
September 18th, 2007 No Comments
With the fed cutting 50 basis points today we have to wonder what the long term effects will be.
The dollar has taken a quick response and devalued further.
Gold is rising in value letting everyone know that the dollar is getting worth less daily. It seems only yesterday that gold sat at $350 instead of [...]
Tags: Jonathan Rose · real estate problems · USD
The Dog Park, A Microcosm of Humanity.
September 16th, 2007 No Comments
We have two Samoyeds, Lovely fuzzy fluffy, warm caring and cuddle creatures and as part of our daily routine both we regularly attend those unique hangouts called dog parks. For those of you who don’t have dogs, these are sometime small, sometimes vast fenced areas where dogs are allowed to run free “off leash” playing, [...]
Tags: Dog Park · Jonathan Rose
Happiness – Materialism Vs. Spirituality
September 16th, 2007 No Comments
Happiness – Materialism Vs. Spirituality
There is no question that I am very materialistic, I am the first person to admit that I love nice things and spend fortunes purchasing them, be it a Brioni suits, Rolex Watches, Jewelry, Fast Cars, Nice Houses, Big Screen TV’s with separate speakers and amplifiers etc etc (By the way, [...]
Tags: Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills Wives · Boston · Connecticut · Denver · east coast · Greenwich · Jonathan Rose · Manhattan · Massachusetts · New York · plastic surgery · Porsche · skiing · USD
Feeding The Beast – Countrywide is Hungry For Money Again
September 12th, 2007 No Comments
It doesn’t seem so long ago that the evils of CFC’s (Chlorofluorocarbons) were being vilified in the press. Today we have a different type of negative connotation to CFC’s (Countrywide Financial Corporation). Blamed for much of financial liquidity crisis and turmoil during August 2007 (they were just being greedily like everyone else, but they got [...]
Tags: $2Bn · Asset Backed Securities · Bank of America · car industry · Countrywide Financial Corporation · depression · energy · ENRON · Goldman Sachs · Honda · Merrill Lynch · United States · USD
Feeding the Beast
September 12th, 2007 No Comments
It doesn’t seem so long ago that the evils of CFC’s (Chlorofluorocarbons) were being vilified in the press. Today we have a different type of negative connotation to CFC’s (Countrywide Financial Corporation). Blamed for much of financial liquidity crisis and turmoil during August 2007 (they were just being greedily like everyone else, but they got [...]
Tags: $2Bn · Asset Backed Securities · Bank of America · car industry · Countrywide Financial Corporation · depression · energy · ENRON · Goldman Sachs · Honda · Jonathan Rose · Merrill Lynch · United States · USD
Liquidity Crisis – A Little Reflection Gives Compelling Answers – Impending Stock Market Crash – Real Estate Bubble has Burst
September 11th, 2007 No Comments
The media shouts of a liquidity crisis and the financial markets are in turmoil, the terrible words recession and depression are being uttered by many and people are drawing upon similarities between 2007 and the former stock market collapses of 1987, 1929 and the recessions of the early 1930’s, 1970’s, 1990’s, 2000’s . The question [...]
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Housing – How Low Can It Go – The Real Estate Bubble is Bursting
September 11th, 2007 2 Comments
It is interesting to look at how people have been valuing property over the past 5-7 years, logic has seemingly left the building and until it is fully restored, the bottom will not be in sight.
One of the primary factors that is missing from the market has been to establish the rental income that the [...]
Tags: Location · Real Estate
Between Birth and Age Five
September 11th, 2007 No Comments
Between birth and age five, your child has up to thirty IQ points at stake.
Scientists now know that the human brain is undergoing a constant and dramatic transformation in the first years of life. During this peak time of development, every activity and experience leaves an indelible mark on your baby’s brain, for better [...]
Tags: food allergies · household products · pediatrician · vaccinations · vaccines
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