Archive for August, 2006

30 years of indexing (and 5 for me)

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Today, Vanguard celebrates 30 years of indexing with the original introduction of the First Index Investment Trust — now known as Vanguard 500 index fund — on August 31, 1976. It was the first index fund available to individual investors in the United States.
“The introduction of the First Index Investment Trust was one of the [...]

Ph.D. on Star Trek

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

It seems like these days, you can get a Ph.D. for just about in anything. According to this news article, a Ph.D. thesis, titled “Broadcast Space: TV Culture, Myth and Star Trek” has been written on Star Trek:
It’s the PhD thesis that boldly goes where no thesis has gone before. Djoymi Baker watched 700 episodes [...]

Comparing Ameritrade Izone and Sogoinvest

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Ameritrade Izone and Sogoinvest are two discount brokerages that I have accounts with. Both offer very low commissions, and this makes them very good candidates for investors who prefer to invest in ETFs rather than mutual funds. I compare these two brokerages because to me, they are good substitute products for each other. The following [...]