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Short Takes: Expensive Trading Glitches, Cooperating Monopolies, and more

The highest bid so far in the bloggers for charity auction for a post on this blog (see here for details) is $100. Bidding will close tonight at 11:59 pm EST. I will update this note with further bids.

Jason Zweig has some examples of small investors being harmed by strange results when trading stocks. He gives some suggestions for protecting yourself against these infrequent but costly problems.

Potato gives a thorough and convincing explanation of why the solar electricity MicroFIT program exists despite the fact that it loses the government money.

Big Cajun Man has some snappy answers to (stupid) financial questions modeled after Mad Magazine. A couple of them had me laughing out loud.

Million Dollar Journey edges ever closer to his goal of a million-dollar net worth. Will he shut down his blog when he gets there? I hope not.

The Blunt Bean Counter wades into the crowded space of advice on how to track expenses.

Retire Happy Blog explains why investors need to pay attention to investment fees.

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  1. PotatoDecember 16, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Thanks for the mention! And importantly, the microFIT program is not an indication that all hydro is about to cost $0.80/kWh.

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  2. Big Cajun ManDecember 16, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    I always wanted to write for MAD...

    Have a great weekend

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  3. Mike HolmanDecember 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Thanks for the mention.

    Maybe I'll try your "rounding" offer next time I'm at CT. :)

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  4. PatrickJanuary 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    The Q&A with Big Cajun Man reminded me of this:

    http://www.cracked.com/blog/investment-advice-with-nicolas-cage/

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  5. Michael JamesJanuary 3, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    @Patrick: That Nicolas Cage bit was very funny. I liked his take on the stock market: "I don't know what that is."

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