The DQYDJ Weekender (Week of 4/9/12)

August 22nd, 2020 by 
PK

Welcome back to the most Impersonal Personal Finance Website on the web!

Another week, another weekender coming to you from the Bay Area.  Just hours after I left a comment at blogging pal Nelson's site Financial Uproar about how it rarely hails in the Bay Area, it... hailed in the Bay Area.  Must have been a Friday the 13th Thing.  On that note, read his article about getting a metal roof.

Still Podcasting

The second example of me boring people for 4-7 minutes in podcast form was posted at The Free Financial Advisor on Monday.  I have some inside information: I'll be back this week!

Special thanks for my third favorite fan, Matt Allen, who (along with my parents) complimented me on my podcast!  Matt has an awesome blog himself, I demand you read it today.

Carnivals and Links

Links We Liked

End of the Road For the Republican Primary

We haven't written much about the Republican Primary lately - Mitt Romney had gotten so far ahead that the odds of another candidate winning outright were ridiculously low.  Sure, a brokered convention was mathematically possible, but when even Pennsylvania looked like a tossup the odds were infinitesimally small.  In the race to 1,144 Delegates, right now (today) the breakdown is Romney 656, Santorum 272, Gingrich 140 and Paul 67 according to Real Clear Politics.  If the fat lady isn't singing, she's certainly warming up...

      

PK

PK started DQYDJ in 2009 to research and discuss finance and investing and help answer financial questions. He's expanded DQYDJ to build visualizations, calculators, and interactive tools.

PK lives in New Hampshire with his wife, kids, and dog.

Don't Quit Your Day Job...

DQYDJ may be compensated by our partners if you make purchases through links. See our disclosures page. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Sign Up For Emails
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram