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2007
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My brilliant, adult son loaned me this book recently A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel. I've been dutifully plowing through it (though truth be told, I find it fascinating). I haven't reached the part that tells you what you SHOULD do to invest intelligently in the stock market. So...
12/11/2007
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It amazes me how criminals and con artists will prey on people when they are at their most vulnerable. It is like kicking your dog. But then, why should that surprise me? Once a lender wins their lawsuit to foreclose on your home, it becomes a matter of public record. This is information the con ...
12/09/2007
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I saw the movie "The Peaceful Warrior" the other night. A friend recommended it to me. I had started to read the book, "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" a long time ago but somehow just wasn't able to get into it. I didn't go out of my way to look for the movie, but it kind of popped out at me at...
12/08/2007
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This weekend, my husband and I attended the 37th Annual Pilsen East Artist's Open House. (http://chicagoartsdistrict.org/events_4.asp) Over 50 art galleries line Halsted Street between 17th St. and 19th St. I remember taking potential investors into the neighborhood 15 years ago. And though I kne...
12/08/2007
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For the past six months, my assistant and I have been learning about foreclosures and delving into helping people that are threatened with losing their homes. She and I attended an event this morning put on by the Illinois Housing Dept Authority (IHDA) to educate people who are in trouble. Allowi...
12/08/2007
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