Category Archives: Financial
Expect the won to drop to 1300 to the dollar by year end
An International Herald article and Goldman Sachs report says so from last week.
Filed under Financial, Korea life, Real Estate, Shopping
SAY what? I mean Satyam what?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: **READ THE UPDATE TO THIS POST BELOW. This was my latest stock pick. The company’s called Satyam Computer Services Ltd. It was trading at … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Financial, Unfortunate
Following my own advice – I should listen to myself!
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Earlier last month, I recommended highlythat everyone buy a stock that was at a $1 at the time ($1.02 to be specific). Genworth Financial (GNW) was hammered … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Financial, Theories by Brandon
Overlooked work opportunity?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Free flights, Free housing and Easy work conditions? Sounds like an advertisement from a con artist, doesn’t it? However, most of it’s true … Continue reading
A risky but relatively sound bet from what I can tell
First of all, I have to warn anyone reading this that I don’t recommend you go out and try this. Rather, just because I think it’s a good idea, I am writing this just for my own records and also … Continue reading
Filed under Financial, Interesting..., Opinions, Theories by Brandon
A switch in focus with my blog
Lately, I’ve been absent from writing. It’s probably not a big deal though because I don’t have a lot of regular readers — just a lot of random people landing here because of searches for “porcupine” or “Korean women.” The … Continue reading
Motley Fool’s Stock Advisor?
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: The last time I saw the stock markets and world financial systems drop into the depths they are in, it came roaring back for … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Financial
Proof as to why Korea will continue to prosper despite recent manipulations in the markets
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: A lot of short term minded people are shaking in their boots recently due to currency shocks and the Korean stock indexes dropping almost … Continue reading
9 Retirement Killers
We may not have to worry if the CERN Collider starting in August ends the world, but more realistically, this advice will be good for a comfortable retirement. 1. Cracking your nest egg before retirement. 2. Spending your retirement money … Continue reading
Filed under Financial, Interesting..., Work
Complaxo? PlaxoCom? Plaxo was just bought by Comcast…
Got this in my email box an hour ago. Guess they needed to follow up all the rumors of Plaxo being acquired by Comcast. Don’t you just love when the passion in keeping an online project turns into greed? Who … Continue reading
Buy me! How much am I worth?
Saw this recently despite the age of the article: Takinga gamble on human capital Firms invest in students’ potential By Roxana Popescu Published: SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2005 The pitch goes something like this: Imagine investing in business superstars when … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurial life, Financial, Interesting reads, Interesting..., Jobs
Thought I found a gold mine…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: …but the entrance fee’s a bit expensive. Noticed on my friend’s boyfriend’s site PhotoMatt.net (the top dawg of this website WordPress) that he talked … Continue reading
Why the Future is in South Korea
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: TrackBack URL: http://blogs.oreillynet.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1074 – originally on 06.15.06 Business 2.0 has an interesting article arguing that the future is in South Korea. There’s so much … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Financial, Globalization, Impressive, Interesting..., Korea life, Opinions, Politics, Technology
Shinhan bank needs a little dose of reality thrown at them…
Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: …at least here in Busan. I went to get some cash out of my bank account from Shinhan bank today. It’s one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Business practices, Financial, Korea life, Opinions, Random thoughts, Stupid
