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Roget's folly Unfortunately, as an editor, I have little choice but to mention that the above is exactly the sort of text that makes me deeply regret the lexicographical ambitions of Peter Roget. The only thing worse than an unintelligent writer is a writer just intelligent enough to employ...

Why? I have no problem with ad-hominem attacks so long as they are validly backed by past arguments of substance; so far as I can tell, and, using some of the responses to this thread as an example, those against Ron Paul are not. Please feel free to read either of my other posts in this...

It's not his occupation of the "political fringe" or long-shot candidacy that I am questioning; I'm fully on board with that. Any non-panderer with more than a modicum of common sense doesn't really stand much of a chance in our flawed system. It is the less vocal minority who label him a...

I've seen similar statements made about Paul in the face of mostly positive feedback, and I haven't yet figured out why. I don't know that much about him, but, from what I've read, he seems to be a decently intelligent, non-panderer. Sounds good to me. So, for all those who think he...

Could be worse... Anyone worried about graying hair has clearly never undergone the joyous experience of premature balding. When your hair starts to desert you in droves, you'll gladly take any color hair you can get.

If by "average" you mean "median," then, yes.

Nothing wrong with selling at $145, getting back in at $137 two days later and watching it hit $150 after hours. Who says there's no money in momentum?

You are perhaps referring to Libertarians. But why would anyone vote for a third party? We already have two wonderful choices. What more could we possibly want?

I know there are at least a few people who would vote for a carrot attached to a pet rabbit's head.

So, being the short-term investing (OK, fine, speculating) chicken I am, I closed out my long AAPL at about $145 today. I usually don't like to hold my shorter-term plays during earnings announcements (especially when already sitting on a nice profit), but, from what I've been reading today...

A tale of caution: I was involved in an almost identical accident while on business last year, with the exception of the speed of the at-fault driver; I was stopped and he was going 50. At the time of the accident, I felt fine, and, after a similarly pleasant experience with the rental car...

Glad to see that you've got the Cayman rather than the Boxster. Never liked Boxsters for some reason.

Interesting... ...that a UVA associate professor and I conducted almost the EXACT same (didn't look at testosterone levels) study with the same conclusions more than 5 years ago. For some reason, however, we didn't end up in the Economist.

Of course, if Hillary had run earlier, he would have had to wait about 14 months for the privilege of having an underqualified surgeon perform the operation.

How did you get to seven figures in seven years without earning much money? This seems pretty difficult. Even if you had started with $100k, you'd need an average annual return of almost 40% to get to a million in that time frame.

Yes; as Sam already said, this is a silly, hyperbolic article, and, for me, reinforces the fact that there are far, far too many personal finance writers with far, far too little to write about... Wait a second. You mean, if I save money now, it compounds throughout the years to generate even...

By "more realistic temporal" modeling, I meant that my "conservative" assumptions about timing (savings accumulate only on the final day of the year and therefore draw interest only in following years), are not true to life. Presumably, the engineer is saving a a set percentage of each of his...

UVA - BA's in Economics, Psychology, Cognitive Science Yale Law - JD (in process)

Slow and steady wins the race... Employing the most conservative assumptions possible (savings accumulate only at the end of the calendar year and therefore draw interest only in following years, inflation begins at end of calendar year 1), it will take him in the ballpark of 30-31 years...

M/B/B consulting Hi pj86, I don't post here often, but, because I found myself facing similar decisions two years ago, your situation seems particularly pertinent. And so, I write. Immediately following college, and only after a ridiculous amount of vacillating, I decided to accept a...

Harmony amongst the Wahoos and the Hokies? You guys must have been out of school for quite a while...

That is indeed UVA--I have lots of friends in DC as well. I graduated last year and am now trying to adjust to the real world while working for Mck/B/B in the Midwest. Is that true about Booz? I had never before heard that, but it sounds like a great policy (albeit extremely rare for a major...

If it makes you feel any better, I assure you that there are plenty of frustrating moments (and hours, and days) for recent college grads who find themselves on the pure strategic side of the business as well. While it's true that there is some training at the firms you mention, nearly...

Excellent point about health. I was always told that the first true digit of your net worth is best represented by your health; you can accumulate and attach as many financial zeros as you desire to that first digit, but without it, you're still left with 0. Without your health, being rich...

Anywhere from 0 :), when not staffed, to 100+ :-\ hours per week. Average probably hovers around 60, but closer to 70 if you factor in out-of-town travel.