The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links

How accurate are financial blogger's predictions? Great article with stats. DDO is very good and Trader Mike, who barely makes predictions, looks like he needs to keep it that way

Apple store to be put on Wall Street in the old JP Morgan building

5 Social Networking Sites of the Wealthy. I guarantee Twitter is not one of them

Have an idea for a Blackberry application? Do you think to yourself, "if I could make my Blackberry do this I'd be rich"? Well there is now a fund that will back your idea. Introducing the Blackberry Fund (PS they'll back iPhone apps too)

Nothing like a $300 loan with 842% interest to cause a little stress in your life

Why America is Fat. A visual comparison of portion size then and now

Oil Strikes and Gas Boycotts are the stupidest thing I've ever heard

One Girl Scout sells 17,323 frickin boxes of cookies. I'm sure the girl that sold me 145 boxes
of thin mints also did pretty well

Lucian Freud's painting named "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" sets record for highest price ever achieved at auction by a living artist

You gotta love graduation, the kids just get so goofy

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The Funny and Money Wednesday Daily Links

Big companies are sitting on a ton of cash ready to pounce on a good deal

Need a quick screener for stocks hitting all time highs on good volume. Ugly has this at the end of every day. Check it out

Citibank is in deep. So deep it's beyond repair

In all seriousness, this is one product that could truly change the world

This guy makes over $1 million a week, yes A WEEK, from his domain names.

The Death of Sears. A story of a hedge fund manager who raped a company to use it as collateral to gamble on other investments

A report says that in ten years 1 in 10 people in the UK will be millionaires. and how about the teeth? Kate Moss is a millionaire and her teeth are still all jacked up.

I think I have a new way to attract attention at my next tradeshow

Meet the only man in the world that lost $60 million dollars owning porn websites

Tesla Motors may have a competitor in Fisker

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The Funny and Money Tuesday Daily Links

I'm giving away free autographed copies of Brian's new book? The catch is it's $85 dollars shipping, but in all seriousness buy the damn book, it'll pay for itself in one trade.

John Paulson will short your Mama if he thinks she's in decline. Another market in decline, all the homes in the Hamptons that were owned by wallstreet players

I don't think I've ever seen a better opportunity for a straddle. Sprint Nextel either goes bankrupt or get bought out, nothing in between

People lose money investing in restaurants every day. They usually are no better or any different than the others, you have to set yourself apart, differentiate. This restaurant does a good job being a little different

China doesn't have farmland but they have money so their just going to go out and buy land in foreign countries and farm it. The oil rich countries of the middle east are about to do the same thing.

Men are losing their jobs in this economy while women are making gains

This is not an onion article. 13 year old steals Dad's credit card to buy hookers

Just remember how rich or strong you are there is always someone richer or stronger to kick your ass

The six most frequently quoted bullshit statistics

Off topic but very important. They have finally archived all television coverage on 9-11 onto one website. Watch coverage by all the major networks during the whole event

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The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

Now this is how you recommend someone after a successful business transaction

Long grain: Rice and grains not being driven up by speculators

I used to trade and the CBOT meaning I also had the right to trade at the CBOE. When CME bought out the CBOT that right was terminated....or was it? Many people want to buy the CBOE but until they figure this out there is no sale ahead

If you like WSF a vote for us would be nice. We have to at least beat Herb Greenberg

MCIO about to break out according to the "Underground Trader"

What the hell is wrong with this girl's arm? Did she get so excited about her tax rebate she broke it?

Man loses $35K in "maridated money" scam

The Rich watch different TV shows than others. Which ones may surprise you

Just to remind you. Stamps go up a penny today. Here are the rest of the Postal rate changes
Email still free

5 Whiskeys to invest in

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The Funny and Money Friday Daily Links

This is the sexiest video on "peak oil" that I've ever seen and an interesting way to deliver an "educational" video.

News Corp is making all the right moves to be a front runner on the internet and they're willing to use all their assets to do it

Looks like the $500 million opening week of GTA IV wasn't enough to hold off a hostile takeover attempt from EA. Should be interesting.

A little more discussion on buying VIX calls at the Daily Options Report

Don't get me wrong , I love John Stewart, but this shows how stupid people in our country can be. His show is named "most trusted " news source

Internet millionaire throws the nicest 29th birthday party ever

Ebay is going to hell. Their are so many scammers it is impossible to sell a laptop anymore. Every time you put up an auction you get 50 questions from "ebay users" trying to hack your account.

Pocket Change goes to Chetah's and takes a look at the world's most expensive nude sushi

Economic stimulus check burned for warmth

I love this story of courage and perseverance. Somehow Zachary Feinstein got on the NBA draft list despite never having played basketball and is a 5' 8' white guy. Ok this story has no courage or perseverance but is funny as hell. He'll probably sign for league minimum

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The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links

What's is it like being an oil trader?

Did you know that the Fed has sold half of the nation's gold to keep gold prices down? That or they're trying to cash in.

EA has Zero percent chance of buying Rockstar now. Grand Theft Auto IV did $400 million in 5 days.

NBC aka NBC Universal aka GE plans to announce that SuperBowl ads will be $3 million per 30 seconds

Did you make some good money trading this week? Remember last week on The Office where Dwight bought a 2001 Xterra from Andy, flipped it, and then put it on ebay. Well it really is on Ebay now and I think you should buy it

While the rest of the states struggle, the government of Texas has a $10 billion surplus

Damn the BMW M1 looks fast. I have to add one of these to my collection.

You heard about the lives lost in the Cyclone but did you know it destroyed many of the regions top rice fields? Rice continues to fly. How much more do I have to tell you to get you to buy some rice options?

Plastic surgery is a super hot market and only getting hotter. Pretty soon Wal-Mart is going to have $4 facelifts

How to get a job in venture capital

I enjoy his site but I have a new drinking game. Get 4 bottles of whiskey and go to Tim's site. Each time you see the word "Tim" take a shot of whiskey and then see how long until you pass out.

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The Funny and Money Wednesday Daily Links

I wanted to thank Boyd and Globe and Mail for the kind words about the site and for listing us as his favorite financial blog.

Nobody knows what the f to do with Yahoo stock right now

$12 billion is being invested to bring super high speed internet to phones and portable devices. Look at the Big names involved and you'll see this is for real

A well comprised chart of average home prices across the US

Great article on shorting puts from CrossingWallstreet

Speaking of homes. How crazy is this? Countrywide shuts down all home equity loans in Las Vegas. Talk about not wanting to take any more risk

This just in. Fast food companies do trial and find out that too much food causes monkeys to become fat asses. Pictures here

This was just a matter of time. The big telcos are setting up a system to compete with Skype

You're not a real trader unless you have this setup. (courtesy of dinotrader)

If you're looking for an investment during this "odd" economy. Look into things that people will buy to save money. For instance, seeds to grow your own food is a super hot market

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The Funny and Money Tuesday Daily Links

The dumbest things I heard Warren Buffet say

Don't underestimate the value of Ironman on Marvel. This is HUGE

This may actually work

Sequoia is now taking money for the first time in 25 years. In case you forgot they invest in the Buffet style because it was started by Buffet's first stock broker

I am always surprised how many people don't understand how to hedge their investments using the VIX. Certainly something you should look in to

Sponsors are starting to get worried about their investment in the Beijing Olympics. Which bring me to the question

Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy signs a $100 million dollar deal. He deserves every cent

What top tech CEOs really make

My good friend Ugly is on his way to greatness. If you need a trading platform built for you make sure to hire him.

Totally off topic: A craigslist ad put to music from the fine people over at Details mag. Sounds like Axl Rose is singing this one

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The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

Jerry Yang's days are numbered. Yahoo's stock is plunging on the MS pullout so he better come up with an alternate plan

Buffet says risk of market meltdown has declined but don't expect any big gains in the market for a few years

The art of the deal. How to make an elevator pitch

The biggest winners during this economy? Pawnshops

I've been calling for Ballmer's resignation for years. Looks like someone else is also

A perfect example of how things can be branded to be much nicer than they really are. (Graphic)

Amazing correlation. The more money you make the less likely you are to have chronic pain

Interesting video. "Money as Debt" the story of where money comes from

Don't you wish you would have bought some land in San Francisco during 1846. It was going
cheap then

You need to find a hot wife. Russian women are making an art of gold digging

Off topic but it's nice to see justice prevail for once

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The Funny and Money Friday Daily Links

Man tries to cash check for $360 billion. Says girlfriend's mother gave it to him to start record business. Too bad, it would have made him the richest person on earth

Liz Claman and Fox Business will be covering the Berkshire Hathaway meeting live all weekend.

You are going to laugh at this but the next great commodity is dirt. I recently purchased 10,000 cubic yards of premium topsoil and resold it at 1000 percent profit.

What is a #1 Google Ranking worth?

We bitch about gas prices and yet we have some of the lowest prices in the world. Take a look

Bloomberg gets sued for discriminating against women. I hate maternity leave. It's a person's right and a part of life but as a business owner it is tough to manage

You spent all that money on a nice SUV. You're gonna get pennies now if you try and trade it in

Bad economy? Not for new college grads

A good trader will........

Walter Industries.....the most fascinating company

Who didn't Roger Clemens sleep with?

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The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links

Pig manure: Here's where your tax dollars go by Dave Barry

The "deca-millionaires", those with 10 million dollars "just don't feel wealthy" in this economy

HDTV's about to get super cheap next month. Price war ahead. Time for the 50" plama in the bathroom

I'll give you the insider scoop. My mother's student's father's brother works at the Fedex that delivers packages to Microsoft and he told me Microsoft to buy Yahoo for $35.

Looks like Meebo finally got some venture capital. Millions of users don't always means millions of dollars but someone thinks it is worth $250 million

Brasil is one of the hottest places in the world to invest. The land in "Soylandia" ie Mato Grosso is an incredible deal right now. SAP agrees

Are people really shorting Disney stock because of a few photos of Miley Cyrus?

With all the talk of money around here sometimes I forget about the other important things in life. Here is a feel good, sportsmanship of the year story that reminds you that not everything going on is negative

Totally Off Topic: Alcohol: Making ugly girls pretty for over 500 years

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The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

Herb Greenberg actually has some good advice.

The rise and the fall of Morgan Stanley's Zoe Cruz. The great debate of whether she deserved the axe or took the fall for someone else.

Buffet says the recession will be much worse than we think

I figured this out today. Our company vehicles use flexfuel so we started using E85 which is much cheaper. Turns out that our gas mileage plummeted. In summary, the cost to go 500 miles is exactly the same or more when we use ethanol

$500,000 and 9 million copies. That is what is expected from Grand Theft Auto IV. Simply Amazing

Things just got a whole lot better for Republicans. Look who's joined the team

Are the people that ran up stocks the same people that are now driving up commodities?

The housing market is nowhere near bottom. Good thing my market is great. The houses next to me both sold in weeks. University towns, gotta love em.

Mr. Perruna's lesson of the day. How to look for stocks building bases

Totally off topic. The world's funniest Unmotivational Posters

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The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

Finally a positive story. Good way to start the week

30 Electric car companies ready to take over the world

An excellent article by Roger Ehrenberg. The Halcyon Days of Entrepreneurship

I hate plastic bags. Other than the fact they get caught in every fence and plant in my yard, here is another reason why I hate them.

And yet more stories on the shortage of rice. A new meaning to "long rice"

What's more important cash or social status? A new study might surprise you

Signs you have too much money. You buy a watch for $300,000 and it doesn't even tell time

Go long the dollar. The last rate cut is coming

Take a look at the winners of the Interactive Brokers Trading Contest

Totally off topic but totally hillarious. Fukin bees

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The Funny and Money Friday Daily Links

Another reason why Google is the top company to work for. $7000 a year worth of free food

Sirtris and their "fountain of youth" pill bought for $720 million.......cash

If you start making good money make sure to spread the wealth and tip well. We've all had service jobs and know that good service deserves a nice tip. Sure it's become expected , but more for those who do more, is a good motto. Here are some celebs who don't follow that motto. The worst celebrity tippers

Buying those bags of rice at Sam's Club is paying off. Thailand rice hits $2 a pound. Prices at the CBOT are up 80%

Want to make money in the financial website market? Have The Street buy your site. They have been gobbling up sites lately. Their latest is Geezo.

If the economy is so bad why are stocks going up?

This stock is going to be a hell of a trade for the next few months. IPI

Apple to P.A. Semi "We want your employees not your shitty products"

The Option Addict is where we all traders have been at times. Pissed at the market and not having any fun

I don't know why but I purchased this box for work. I am going to put it on the counter for the customers to see what they do.

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The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links

I figured Starbucks would get waxed. It's getting harder to spend $10 a day on coffee. That and the fact others are turning out the same quality Jo for cheaper

Call me insensitive but I don't feel sorry for any of these people. "34 years old and my kids age are 17,13, and 2" is not exactly helping either

Where did the $4.2 billion that people used to spend on music CDs go?

Simple but great article from Fred about hitting the reset button

What is Apple going to do with the new chip designer they just bought?

I hate when I have a long day at the office, made some good money for the family, and then my wife sings this song to me

GoogleVomit. The article is nowhere as useful and the photo. This gif so wonderfully describes my feelings after a few of my bad trades

Looks like I won't be purchasing 50 bags of rice every Tuesday anymore

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The Funny and Money Wednesday Daily Links

Want a job with great pay and no self responsibility. Try being a Bank CEO

I've said it a million times. Domain names provide as good or better return than stocks. The recent sale of money.co.uk for $2.4 million seems to support this theory

Economics 101: The price of gas

Invest in solar, Google is

Texas is the new stud of the Fortune 500. They can now boast they are the state with the most Fortune 500 companies. Out of luck, Mississippi, who couldn't believe that the company that made moon pies wasn't in the Fortune 500 yet

You know you've made a shitload trading this month when you have a 50 inch plasma in the bathroom and a 24K gold plated MacBook Air.

Totally off topic: If you are going to fall off your bike, try not to do it in front of a Google Street View Van that is capturing it for the billions of people of the world to laugh at.

In order to truly understand how your business is doing it is a good idea to take a survey. This one didn't go so well

10 Successful Businesses that prove society is in trouble

When positive thinking leads to financially irresponsibility like compulsive gambling. ie risky trading

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The Funny and Money Tuesday Daily Links

The trillion dollar mortgage time bomb

Ever had a bad day in the office and just need to get out and take a walk? This guy did and 18 years later he had walked around the world. Did I mention he's 80?

The most powerful brands in the world. I'm not sure I believe it but this company said they interviewed 1 million people to get the results. Guess who is number one worldwide?

How big is Google? Here's another measure

The CNN shirt service still has a few kinks to work out

Hot Damn I love Muffie. She could write an article on the little sliver of soap left in the dish and how to get the most of it, and I'll read it. As long as her picture is there above the article

Are markets the leading or lagging indicator?

You want to learn to trade? Don't try to do it all on your own. Let Brian help you. The classes he offers will easily pay for themselves. I'm not a shill, just a guy smart enough to know there is always more to learn

Market is proving expectations are more important than reality. Bank of America takes a dump on everyone's chest but since we were expecting fecal matter on our chest, the stock is only down a few points.

One of Amylin's salesperson lives down the street for me. Things are not looking good

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The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

The Lure of Great Wealth

This will certainly go down as the one of the worst purchases in history. Ebay most likely to sell Skype

All the traders over at wallstreak have trader aliases. Ever wonder how they picked them? Here is a how some of the famous "nickname" rock stars picked theirs

Thousands of people losing their job on Wall Street. Some before they even work a day

Not everyone realizes that the Chinese stock market is down 50% in the last 6 months

Big Week of Earnings coming up

Invest in any company based in US that have a good percentage of their income coming from overseas.

The good side of fast food. A Wall Street analyst's experiment

A tale of two sneakers. The great story of Puma and Adidas you may not know

Apple Store to set up a virtual store? A new patent application suggest it will

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The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links

China fund buys just under 1% of BP

Taxing the internet won't come for a long while. Everyone likes to talk about it but it will actually take a smarter congress than this to make it actually work

How Mickey Got It's Groove Back. Disney's evolving business model

5 Myths about the upcoming tax rebate check. If you are getting one you need to start trading better.

As it should. Apple now worth more than Citigroup

Stop trading and start writing. Sales of "spec scripts" are up huge. Nobody bought my script about a retired trader that starts growing trees and then makes millions buying domain names. Too unbelievable? Maybe, but probably because there were 3260 spelling and grammatical errors

I guarantee none of us have an office this cool

Has Capitalism Failed? by Ron Paul

May Contain Traces of Peanuts

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The Funny and Money Wednesday Daily Links

Economist now feel second half recovery is out of reach.

Interesting European perspective on our economy and Bernanke

If you made money today. Please oh Please donate it to the McLovin fund

The year is 1865. Andrew Carnegie steps out of his carriage sporting a gold watch. At home in Carnegie's Pennsylvania estate, his grandchildren bang on a custom-made piano. A taxing situation

I can't even begin to imagine the pain

The stupidest business decisions in history

Everyone else seems to think that the Blockbuster Circuit City merger is a dumb ass move

I hate to think that me going big time long on corn and beans is starving the rest of the world. I should probably sponsor a child

More proof luck is more important than skill. Man survives fall down mineshaft by landing on women that fell down the shaft the day before

I don't really like Ashton Kutcher but you have to give him credit. He's making millions making others look like fools

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