Anthony writes in:

Wise real estate investments can deliver returns not found in any other legitimate form of investment.

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Waste hits us twice, notes Derrick Mains. He’s talking of waste that travels through the supply chain, not just the stuff that hits the landfill.

In other words, invisible waste. Companies are attentive to their supply chain, but they need to be watching their waste stream if they want to be competitive, says Mains.

As a followup to yesterday's post about the Super Cycle Oscillator pointing to several more years of bad real returns in the equity market Barron's published a short article drawing the same conclusion using what appears to be a complet

For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why. 

The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management.

This guest post from the redoubtable Tyler K is part of the new “reader stories” feature here at Get Rich Slowly. Some reader stories contain general “how I did X” advice, and others will be examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success — or failure. Tyler is an active commenter at GRS, and never afraid to share his opinion!

Excellent article on the Economist about Natural Gas and the profound changes caused by the new technologies to extract gas.
An unconventional glut

Newly economic, widely distributed sources are shifting the balance of power in the world’s gas markets

I wanted to highlight a few quick recent charts of how the US Dollar Index positively correlates (moves in the same direction) with the 3-month Treasury Bill Discount Rate.

It’s not the most fascinating topic, but it’s definitely important to know of this relationship, so let’s take a look at a couple of recent charts.

First, a ‘zoomed in’ view of the recent action:

You can view this comparison in StockCharts with symbols:

$IRX for the 3-month T-Bill Discount Rate (short-term)

Kelly writes in:

In the past three months, I’ve paid off all but $2,000 of my credit card debt. I feel happier about my money than I have in a long time. The only problem is that my social life seems to be falling apart. I don’t have as much interest in the things my friends are spending their money and time on and I find myself doing other things a lot. What do you suggest?

Bear with me for a second as I go down a bit of a strange road.

I’ll admit it. I’m not a good housekeeper, and neither is my wife.