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Archive for May, 2008

How Much has the Falling $ contributed to Oil Prices in the US?

Posted May 23rd, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

How much more is America paying for crude compared to Europe thanks to the falling dollar?
Last year Crude was at 60$, 1USD=0.74Euros. Today Crude is at 132$, 1USD=0.63$. Doing some simple math, Americans are paying 120% more for oil, while the EU is paying only 88% more than last year.
What about 5 years ago? I [...]

Free Lifelock

Posted May 22nd, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

Here is how to get Lifelock (a service that puts a Fraud Alert on your behalf at all the credit reporting agencies automatically every 90 days) for Free. Go to their Enrollment Form and enter ‘ or 1 or ‘ with the quotes included and voila – the service goes down to 0$ annualy. Wonderfull [...]

X-Ray Time Again

Posted May 7th, 2008 by Sidd | No Comments

I just ran a morningstar X-Ray on Parchayi and my investments now and the stocks are exactly 60/40 US/International. International investments are 48% in Asia (more than 2/3rds in India) and 34% Europe.
The portfolio is still heavily large cap weighted after I sold off all my stake in Panera Bread. I still haven’t reached my [...]