Archive for the ‘Guest Post’ Category

Red Light District

April 6th, 2009 by Brad Harbach   2 Comments »

This week a lifelong friend of mine welcomes us to the world of commuting to the suburbs in Chicago. I won’t say much as it will spoil his intro, but I am very curious what the popular opinion of the readers is on the topic Mike discusses.

Red Light District
by Mike Grendel

You’re driving down the streets of Chicago and you’re approaching one of many busy intersections. It’s an intersection that you’ve gone through many times before. The light has been green for…

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Too Hot Too Hot!!!!

March 23rd, 2009 by Brad Harbach   2 Comments »

This weeks guest blog comes from a man with both good genes and a great last name - Eric Harbach. Eric is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been living in Chicago for the past six years working as a consultant at Accenture. His post won’t help you save for retirement, offer you professional advice, or guide you through the treacherous economic waters. Instead he’s chosen to share some practical advice that fits perfect for this blogs tagline “Common…

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Fresh and Minty

March 16th, 2009 by Will Crowthers   3 Comments »

Today’s blog comes from a class-mate I met while at Virginia Tech. I met Jonathan through several organizations on campus where he generally played some type of leadership role. On top of it all he managed to beat me out (crush me) for Virginia Tech’s homecoming king in 2003/4, but we won’t hold that against him. Today Jonathan talks to us about budgeting and a couple of the great sites out there to help you which you may remember from…

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Time for Value Investing

March 9th, 2009 by Brad Harbach   waiting for comments...

Today’s guest blogger is a friend of mine who also happens to work at Accenture in Chicago. Dhaval is a very hard working guy who I’ve had the opportunity to share many intellectual conversations with while being stranded in terminal 1 at the Cincinnati airport due to the often excessive wind and snow in Chicago (we both traveled extensively to Cincinnati last year). I’ve asked him to share with us his thoughts on how to deal with the current financial mess and…

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Index Investing

March 2nd, 2009 by Will Crowthers   3 Comments »

Today’s guest blogger is a friend from Virginia Tech (go Hokies!). Nate was in the business school and was extremely active with the campus newspaper and various other groups. These days he keeps himself as an aspiring entrepreneur and oh yea - a day job.

Index Investing

by Nate Jones

I love investing but I go about it in a very calculated manner. I’m young so I’m willing to take on a fair amount of risk but fundamentals are important to my strategy.…

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