Sunday, November 7, 2010
Guiding a child to financial independence
Parents of adult children face all types of challenges, even in the best of times, but the tough labor market for young people can make it even more difficult.
Here are some tips:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/business/businessspecial5/05LAUNCH.html
Here are some tips:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/business/businessspecial5/05LAUNCH.html
Measure of economic progress
U.S., China and eating soup with a fork
Are economists the world over using an outdated tool to measure economic progress?
They are widely used to compare standards of living in one country with those in another
but critics say GDP is too narrow to be a realistic indicator.
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize winning American economist, has complained that
world leaders make a fetish out of it and suffer from GDP-obsession.
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2010/10/29/u-s-china-and-eating-soup-with-a-fork/
Are economists the world over using an outdated tool to measure economic progress?
They are widely used to compare standards of living in one country with those in another
but critics say GDP is too narrow to be a realistic indicator.
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize winning American economist, has complained that
world leaders make a fetish out of it and suffer from GDP-obsession.
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2010/10/29/u-s-china-and-eating-soup-with-a-fork/
Fountain Pens For Sale-How Do I Find Fountain Pens For Sale? | Fountain Pen Ink
Cheap Fountain Pens For Sale
So here are some places I recommend to get cheap fountain pens for sale-
1. Amazon
2. Ebay
3. The internet generally
4. The Fountain pen network forum
Before you go to Amazon or anywhere else I would recommend that you check out reviews of fountain pens first and decide on your price bracket and confine yourself to your budget when getting started. A great starter fountain pen would be a Lamy fountain pen such as the Lamy Safari which is a great pen for beginners.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Reply to Jeffrey Tan, President of IFPAS
I am looking for some consumers to come forward and send a reply to the letter from the President of the association representing the life insurance agents. http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_599561.html
Jeffrey Tan said consumers to get the advice of the insurance agent who will help them to select the most suitable products to meet their needs. From the questions sent to me, it seemed that many consumers were confused about the product that has been sold to them, and when they learned at a later date about the poor yield on the life insurance policy, they regretted having made a bad decision.
If you have suffered this unfortunate situation, I ask you to come forward and write a letter in reply to Jeffrey Tan. This will help to clean up the bad practices where many insurance agents continue to take advantage of the ignorance of the consumers.
If you are willing to share your experience, you can write a draft to me at kinlian@gmail.com. I will help you to polish up the letter.
Tan Kin Lian
Jeffrey Tan said consumers to get the advice of the insurance agent who will help them to select the most suitable products to meet their needs. From the questions sent to me, it seemed that many consumers were confused about the product that has been sold to them, and when they learned at a later date about the poor yield on the life insurance policy, they regretted having made a bad decision.
If you have suffered this unfortunate situation, I ask you to come forward and write a letter in reply to Jeffrey Tan. This will help to clean up the bad practices where many insurance agents continue to take advantage of the ignorance of the consumers.
If you are willing to share your experience, you can write a draft to me at kinlian@gmail.com. I will help you to polish up the letter.
Tan Kin Lian
Bread Talk and Bread Life
I saw two shops in a mall in Jakarta that have similar name. Bread Talk was probably the original company. Bread Life follows the same concept. The Bread Life shop has many customers, and the Bread Talk shop was almost empty.
Cheated on inferior products
A consumer bought a few boxes of local sweets in a store at 8 yuan. Later, she saw the same product sold at another store for 3 yuan. She bought a few boxes at the lower price to average down. She was told later that the cheaper product could have expired. Her immediate remark was - I have been cheated. She felt that it the product had passed the expiry date, the store should not have sold the product to her without telling her.
Cheating is to sell a product without disclosing relevant information or providing misleading information about the product to the consumer.
If a consumer can felt cheated of a few dollars in a consumable product that has expired, how would the consumer feel if he or she has been sold a financial product that locks out the savings for 30 years and takes away 50% of the savings, amounting to more than $200,000, without being told? Is this cheating or not cheating?
It is important also to look at the degree. There is no much harm of being cheated of a few dollars. But if one is being cheated of a large sum, one should pursue the matter rigorously.
Tan Kin Lian
Cheating is to sell a product without disclosing relevant information or providing misleading information about the product to the consumer.
If a consumer can felt cheated of a few dollars in a consumable product that has expired, how would the consumer feel if he or she has been sold a financial product that locks out the savings for 30 years and takes away 50% of the savings, amounting to more than $200,000, without being told? Is this cheating or not cheating?
It is important also to look at the degree. There is no much harm of being cheated of a few dollars. But if one is being cheated of a large sum, one should pursue the matter rigorously.
Tan Kin Lian
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