Suggesting to parents that they should not send their kids to college is controversial, to say the least. But financial writer and investor James Altucher offers several alternatives, from seeing the world to starting up a business to mastering stand-up comedy. And he begins to wonder, himself, "What if...?"
You only get to be an artist like Steve Jobs by turning everything in your life upside down, by making horrible, ugly, mistakes, and by cheating and lying. As I dug deeper into Jobs' life I discovered things about him I could never have imagined.
Daily Blogwatch: How the Kardashians Made $65 Million Last Year
8:30 AM 2/18/2011
Some of today's online stories for investors: What was it like to play against IBM's Watson? How did the Kardashians make $65mm last year? Is the music industry dead?
Daily Blogwatch: Google 2000 vs. Google 2011
8:30 AM 2/10/2011
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Among the top online stories for investors: See a young Steve Jobs prepare for his first television appearance, a look at Google now and Google more than a decade ago, the smartest machine on Earth.
Daily Blogwatch: The Four Reasons for Apple's Success
8:30 AM 2/7/2011
Some of the day's top online stories for investors, including the AOL-Huffington Post deal, the four keys to Apple's success, and Google's Eric Schmidt on the future of computing.
Daily Blogwatch: What If Apple Had Replaced Cisco in the Dow?
8:30 AM 1/14/2011
Some of the best online stories for investors, including: Why the Nvidia-Intel deal is a win-win for everyone; the top 20 most influential blogs in financial media; what if Apple had gone into the Dow instead of Cisco?
Daily Blogwatch: Choosing Between Your BlackBerry and Your Wife
8:30 AM 1/13/2011
Among the day's top stories for investors: Does your family need tech detox? Why Dendreon keeps going up? And, what do 50 Cent, Carmen Electra, and Shaq have in common?
Daily Blogwatch: Which Stocks Are Already Up 20% in 2011?
8:45 AM 1/12/2011
Among Wednesday's top online stories for investors: Why did Warren Buffett invest in BYD? How does the market usually fare on a blizzard day? And what I learned from working with Jim Cramer.
Among the top online stories for investors: Is there really a cupcake bubble? In defense of for-profit education; and what might 50 Cent's investment library might look like?
Daily Blogwatch: Top 10 Greatest Trades of All Time
10:00 AM 1/10/2011
Among Monday's top online stories for investors: five short-term ways the foreclosure situation benefits the economy; the top 10 greatest trades of all time; and, if you could short Facebook, would you?
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