Article(s): Breaking Down BRIC and A Bull’s Case for Silver

Two updates on the article front today:
1) Over at Index Universe, I’ve got a new article in this month’s Exchange-Traded Fund Report, “Breaking Down BRIC” (registration required). It’s a fun little round-up of the Big 4 countries in emerging markets–Brazil, Russia, India and China (hence the term “BRIC”)–and what makes each economy unique for investors.
2) [...]

Article: Playing Platinum and Palladium Ahead of the ETF Launch

Speaking of articles, I have a new one up at Hard Assets Investor, titled “Playing Platinum and Palladium Ahead of the ETF Launch“. The article’s basically about how ETF Securities’ new platinum and palladium ETFs could impact the markets for both metals.
From the article:
Earlier this month, London-based ETF Securities (ETFS) filed papers to bring the [...]

Update: OMG Edition

Things have been a little crazy around here. In the last two weeks, I’ve:

Put in an offer on house, negotiated with… “determined” seller, and, ultimately, bought said house
Hosted friend who just broke up with long-term boyfriend and helped her find apartment
Took on new associate editor gig
Beat Peggle

Okay, so that last one wasn’t too much of [...]

Monday Links: April 13-17

Sorry for the unexplained abscence last week. Some house/personal stuff came up that sucked up most of my time. I’ll try and keep better tabs on the blog, but don’t be surprised if posting remains a little spotty for the next week or so.
Anyway, to make up for my absence, today I have double the [...]

Article: The Meter Is Running

I’ve got a new article up at GWJ, The Meter is Running, about Time Warner Cable’s naked cash grab new broadband pricing model for Rochester, which switches to a tiered billing system based on monthly consumption levels. I crunch some numbers to show the caps are set ludicrously low and the prices laughably high. Too [...]

Monday Links: Apr. 6-10

Nothing screams Monday like rainy, cold, mucky weather. Yuck. Hope the weather’s better where you are.
But what better way to pass the time than to check out some links?

What’s Next Blog explores 10 reasons why a company should NOT use Twitter.
7 great ways to engage readers of a business blog, from Problogger.
8 Tips for Twitter [...]

Article: Musical Tastes

What happens when two gamers cross in the unlikeliest of places? Today at GWJ, I’ve posted a fun, fluffy little article exploring just that: “Musical Taste“. From the article:
But the instructor—he’s one I haven’t seen before. Usually this timeslot is taught by a scrawny, serious blonde, or a perky dancer. But this man, this hulking [...]

Article: “Subprime” Carbon?

I’ve got a new article up over at Hard Assets Investor called “‘Subprime’ Carbon?”, about the current state of the carbon trading market. “Carbon trading” is an up-and-coming alt-energy futures market; it trades contracts allowing you to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide into the air, in an attempt to limit total national emissions [...]

Personal Day

I’m taking a much-deserved personal day today. Not for anything work-related–actually, work’s been downright awesome lately–but between house-hunting, wrangling car repairs, and other assorted Must Dos, I just haven’t had much time to relax. And since I work for myself, I figured  I can manage a day off once in a while. (Before the office-dwellers [...]