Episode 027: The Cost of Living
Tue 13 Feb 2007 – 17.31
Scott sits down with Lindsay Campbell and Aaron Nauta of WallStrip to talk about stock culture and the business of money in New York. Listen up for tips and tricks on how to survive in the City.
WallStrip is a daily video podcast that has fun with stocks at all-time highs. It was created by Howard Lindzon, Adam Eland and Jeff Marks. Money guy meets video geeks. The rest is video podcast history.
Useful Resources
Money Girl Podcast
PFAdvice.com
TalkingRetirement.com
Stuff Mentioned
Men’s Vogue
Swiss Bank Accounts
Hedge Funds
James Simmons earned $1.5bn in 2005
Bill Gates‘ fortune
The Story of Microsoft
The Dream Job
How to Survive on $12,000/year
New York Magazine’s Money Issue
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8 Things to do if your Identity is Stolen
– 12.43
Go ahead, plunder my savings. You’ll get, what, a new pair of shoes? Well, actually that happened to me and someone ganked about $1600 from my checking account. That was back in 2002 and while the whole thing blew over, it could have been a lot worse.
Here are 8 Steps you can take to ensure that if your identity is stolen, things don’t go completely pear-shaped. Constant vigilance, dear friends.
And no, this is not turning into a personal finance blog. But you should be looking forward to the next episode, which should be out withing 24 hours.
posted by Scott in life,personal finance.