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Money and Other Subjects

Happy Planet

August 28, 2006January 10, 2017

HAPPY PLANET INDEX

It sounds like a Chinese restaurant – Happy Planet – but why not? Click here to see where various countries rank, how the index is calculated – and perhaps take the ‘survey’ to determine your personal score.

HOW TO MAKE A MILLION WITH A BLOG

Thanks to Jim Hickel for this comprehensive look at the blogo$phere.

TRADING VERIZON FOR COMCAST

Last September, I said I was selling the CMCSK I had in a taxable account for a small tax loss, to buy DD and GE (which have gone nowhere). Friday, I sold the CMCSK shares I had in my retirement account for a small profit and replaced them with VZ at essentially the identical price. A smart friend thinks Verizon’s $20 billion investment in fiber optic cable positions it to outperform Comcast and some of the other older cable companies.

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