It’s that time of year again in New England: One of my absolute favorite times of year. One of the best photo opportunities during the year for really great photos. That said, I’m still a newbie at photography. Yeah, I own a decent amount of gear, but I’m still getting the hang of it. Here’s…
When I looked at my marketing campaign brief for October, one of the items is the $10,000 scholarship. This press release immediately came to mind: Student Loan Network $10,000 Scholarship Will Be Awarded on Halloween Quincy, MA — The Student Loan Network blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah industry leading blah blah blah…
I figured I’d have some fun and provide a different perspective on the economy. Here’s a link to today’s special from the Financial Aid Podcast – my wishful presidential address. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft (WoW) for fun the past couple of weeks or so. It was a fun game in the beginning, but now it’s a useful game, at least in the sense of honing two vitally important skills, arbitrage and information asymmetry. (two skills, I might add, come in handy in today’s…
No shortage of bad news in the headlines lately, eh? Reading all of it and still being able to face your day is getting increasingly hard sometimes, isn’t it? Here’s the good news. Despite all of everything in the headlines, basic goodness still prevails. Go outside and look at the building you’re in. The concrete…
An Alternative Bailout Proposal Fundamentally, the entire credit crisis has been caused by two basic problems. 1. Too much borrowing. 2. Not enough saving. That sounds really trite and overly simplified, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is that it’s true. The housing crisis wasn’t caused by a surplus of houses, but by an…
It’s simple. Remember the SEC issuing a ban on naked short selling on July 18? Here’s the list, in case you forgot: Allianz SE Bank of America Corp Barclays PLC BNP Paribas Securities Corp Citigroup Inc Credit Suisse Group Daiwa Securities Group Inc Deutsche Bank Group AG Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Goldman Sachs Group Inc…
In the next 10 minutes, someone will die of leukemia. This is a good thing. 40 years ago the survival rate was 14% – or a death every 3 minutes. Your support of me and my family as we’ve done the Light the Night walk the last 3 years has helped stretch out that time…
Watching the news, 40% of Galveston residents chose not to evacuate in advance of a storm that was rated, on an intensity energy scale, as 30% more powerful that Hurricane Katrina. The National Hurricane Center issued in its warning the very clear words “certain death”. Yet 40% of residents stayed. Why? Ultimately, this points to…
