I moved a good chunk of money into Bank America’s Merrill Lynch investment trading platform. I discovered in short order that the only funds they had were funds that had extremely high management fees. After calling in to discuss this with one of their representatives, I moved all my funds into Interactive Brokers – far better range of options and much better fees.
Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
More Life Lessons For Family
If we don’t ask, you never get a chance to know if someone would say yes.
Rejection hurts. The first time you get rejected you will feel like you’ll die. The hundredth is uncomfortable. The thousandth you don’t care. The sooner you reach the I don’t care phase, the more successful you will be in life.
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Why we need to remove medical licensure
Bad Housing Policy
Anarchy
Wordscapes
I started playing a game called Wordscapes on my phone that I saw my wife playing. These games are extremely dangerous in that they prey upon human psychological traits (variable rewards, etc) in order to try to get their users literally addicted.
What Shall I Teach My Kids?
What are the most important skills for success in life?
- Work ethic / persistence
- Reading and writing
- Math and science
- Social skills
- Debate
- Programming
- Athletics
- Identifying fraud / scams / dishonest people / untruths
- Reproduction is the meaning of life, literally
- Creative thinking
- Critical thinking
- Reasoning from first principles
- Family and friends
- Entertainers (sports, music, acting) are not good role models and you don’t want to be them.
Judges Can’t Be Fired Even When They Don’t Work
Golf Wind Swing Fan Injury Review
A guy at the range today had a golf wind swing fan and recommended I try it. He said swing it a few times then hit your regular club. I swang it a few times and then hit a couple of balls.
I went out to the first tee and noticed my back was sore. By the time I reached the second hole, I could no longer walk.… read more “Golf Wind Swing Fan Injury Review”