Mad Money Machine

by Paul Douglas Boyer

MMM-110: Planned Obsolescence

Steel pennies, really? Ten WORST GAMES. Budget tightening. Photo Story. Negative comments! Symbiosis. Planned Obsolescence in investing?

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Topics in this week’s show include:

  • MMM-110.Congress doesn’t have the cents to get rid of pennies.
  • Out of 4461 (and counting) games, what are the Top Ten WORST BOARD GAMES? How do you think Monopoly and Battleship rank? Try a highly-ranked game.
  • I’m tightening our budget. Gone to Vonage instead of FiOS. Dropped the sports package. And even dropped the Wall Street Journal. Can I survive? I’ll let you know.
  • Also planning to eat in a lot more. Both to save money and to save health. Tell me some place you can go and order kale.
  • Did you look at the previous posting? Still think the market has no where to go but up?
  • Our Tool this week is another money-saver. Coupons.com.
  • Next birthday or retirement party, use Microsoft Photo Story. to create a movie from a collection of old photos. It is easy.
  • I review the Lazy Portfolio Smackdown thru April.
  • Tim sends me and email with two negative comments. I LOVE IT. Send me yours at Feedback [at] MadMoneyMachine [dot] com.
  • Realize the Google ads here are not hand picked by me. Click at your own risk. But do click if you want to help support the MMM!
  • IFA and MMM have a symbiotic relationship.
  • IFA doesn’t make their money by trading in your account. They are there to help you. Let ’em!
  • And yes, I do like DFA over Vanguard.
  • Razors. Toothbrushes. Mutual Funds. What do they have in common? Planned Obsolescence!

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