Archive for January, 2008

Pursuing a Balanced Life  

Hubert’s Rampersad’s personal balanced scorecard helps keep your life in balance.

Internal: your physical health and mental state
External: relations with your spouse, children, friends, employer, colleagues, and others
Knowledge and learning: your skills and learning ability
Financial: fiscal stability

Countrywide Offering 5.45% 6 Month CD  

In Countrywide’s desperation for deposits they are offering 5.45% for 6 month CDs. As long as you keep your principal and interest under the FDIC limits this is a pretty good deal with mostly administrative risk (i.e., waiting a few days for FDIC payment if they go under).