Archive for March, 2006

Cognitive Reflection Test

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

I found the following three questions from an article in the April 2006 issue of Smartmoney rather interesting:
1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
2) If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would [...]

Fidelity 529 college rewards credit card

Monday, March 27th, 2006

I received the Fidelity 529 college rewards credit card earlier this month. I think for parents setting up a 529 College Plan, this credit card offers a fantastic deal and it is one of the rare credit cards that gives you 2% back on practically anything you charge to the card. In addition, it also [...]

Should I add commodities to my portfolio?

Monday, March 27th, 2006

The big debate of the benefits of adding CCF (collateralized commodities futures) funds to a portfolio continues on the Diehards forum (48981). As for myself, I had previously bought PCRIX as part of my Precious Metal / Commodity asset class allocation but decided to eliminate it due to difficulties in re-balancing and performing DCA (PCRIX [...]