November 30, 2006 – Time for the casual Friday blog again. This past week was the late great Bruce Lee’s birthday so I’m paying tribute to Bruce this Friday. Last November, Bosnia unveiled a lifesize bronzed likeness of martial arts…

Q: Welcome New Readers From??? This is a continuation from a previous casual Friday blog in which I mentioned my goal was to attract readers from 100 different countries. In the past two weeks, readers from 21 new countries and…

November 30, 2006 – Here is the Wikipedia definition of the psychology phenomenon known as the recency effect: “A cognitive bias that results from disproportionate salience of recent stimuli or observations. For example, if a driver sees an equal total…

November 29, 2006 – Many Latin American countries, for decades, exploited by imperialist nations, are now at a tipping point between the poor and moneyed elite. In Mexico, there is great unrest between the poor and upper classes. In Venezuela,…

November 28, 2006– This month, the following article appeared in the Bangkok Post. “Ten leading exporters of food, farm goods and garments called for monetary measures and assistance from state agencies to ease the baht’s rapid appreciation, which they say…

November 27, 2006 – Yes, an increase in the minimum wage laws in the U.S., as is likely to occur given the new Democratic Congress, will benefit retailers in the short term because the beneficiaries of such an increase will…

Q: Is There More to maalamalama than Just the Zen of Investing (ZOI) Blog? Just FYI, recently, many people have asked me whether there is more to maalamalama than just this Zen of Investing blog. The answer is yes.  …

November 27, 2006 – I’m not sure how much press this incredible situation is receiving in the Western hemisphere, but here in Asia, it’s receiving almost none. The situation I speak of is the swearing in of unofficial President Andres…

November 26, 2006 – Every once in a while at the Underground Investor, we’ll revisit old blog posts just to remind our readers of particularly pertinent past posts. Most of the time, however, since they’re already posted, we’ll just leave…

Q: What Blog Entry Needs No Question? I guess that latest blog entry wasn’t so light hearted as is the norm with my casual Friday blog entries, so here’s a late addition that should make you smile. This blog entry…