Managing your money isn't rocket science, but it can be complicated, especially to people just starting out. Unsure of the best options and strategies, beginners often falter long before they can make any progress on a solid plan, let...
Wealthfront is a new and wildly popular investing service, especially among Millenials. Sign up for an account, and you’re asked a few questions to determine your investing profile. Wealthfront’s software then picks a mixture of stocks,...
There's such a fine line between safety and transit
Recently Caltrain has been standing room only: morning and evening. It's one thing to have a busy commute, but an entirely different thing to have an unsafe commute. For instance the other morning I got onto the northbound express. It has...
There's a new investing firm in town, and it is just as intolerant of fees and in-accessibility to financial instruments as ever. Say hello to Motif Investing. A recent article on SF Gate by Kathleen Pender introduced it to a larger...
It seems like just yesterday Steve Ballmer was telling us how Microsoft was going to be focusing on 'devices and services' . Well, actually it was just last October. Since then a lot has happened. Steve's out. Satya Nadella is in. Just...
The financial industry is poised for massive disruption. It could be argued that the last technological advance in banking was the ATM. That was in the 80’s, almost forty years ago. A new uprising called FinTech—short for Financial...
Forbes did an interesting write-up of the competing campaigns by Nike and Adidas in pursuit of the lion's share of the world football market. Both brands are vying for domination even though Nike is a relative newcomer to the sport since...
I just found out that Daniel Makoski—Founder of Google’s Project Ara Modular Phone—is leaving to work at CapitalOne . So what, you say? Let me tell you what. First off, Dan combines user-centered software and hardware design with a...
In a time when the leaking of internal documents and the publishing of hidden agendas on Wikileaks is becoming en vogue , along comes another entry into the public domain. It appears The New York Times let fly an internal manifesto that...
Jooles Mueller (AKA 'The Underachiever') is a dot-com burnout and is tired of his blind commitment to productivity. He’s on a collision course with his heart, pushing him towards adventure, while his mind restrains him towards responsibility. But both are telling him to go to Paris. They just may not be one and the same destination.
