I started skipping dinner to lose weight a few month ago, and I’ve managed to keep the weight off. Many people ask me how I did it. Here are the three principles that helped me stay skinny. The most important one is looking up information on the net on how to lose weight fast, which there is enough of. It is way too easy to give in to temptation and overeat. (more…)
I recently started doing something that generations of investors the world over have been doing for millennia. I am, of course, talking about investing in gold. Since I don’t have armed guards patrolling my house nor do I own an assault rifle, I’ve decided to take out my gold bug fever on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These are the safest and most liquid forms of gold investments. Thanks to ETFs, investing in gold is just like investing in stocks. Why gold? First and foremost, it is one of the most commonly recognized measures of value. (more…)