http://www.ongrowthtrack.com Multidimensional Personal Growth, Finance, Relationship, Hobby and More ... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:02:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fed cuts key interest rate by 0.75 points to improve the liquidity in the market and halting the  the economy from getting into a recession. But This does nothing for the rising inflation seen at the moment. But the fed statement does mention the concerns of inflation, so its keeping ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/18/fed-cuts-key-interest-rate-by-075-points/ Last month my wife had to visit ER as she had severe headache and high fever. The doctors could not diagnose the what's wrong and wanted a blood test, one of the nurse in ER collecting the blood were so unskilled that they could not get blood from her veins. ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/18/why-should-you-complain-and-how-to-do-it-effectively/ when you want to make a behavioral change you have to do it repeatedly for a lot of days till it becomes a habit. Once it becomes a habit, it remains with you.  Starting and getting to the point it becomes a habit is most vulnerable part of it.  As Jerry Seinfeld puts ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/17/habit-improve-a-bit-one-at-a-time/  Is the feel good factor important in our life? The answer is overwhelmingly yes.  A lot of time work we seemed to be involved in does not move at the desired pace, it taxes out mood.  Having a bad day at office can show its effect long after we are out of office. But we must remember ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/17/the-power-and-practicality-of-positive-feeling/ These are times of subprime mortgage mess and liquidity crunch. Banks are partly to be blamed for risk assessment along with the Fed. But new credit scoring information can change things.  These enhanced credit scores will record how good are you with paying your utility bills and rent. Many other things like public ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/11/new-credit-scoring-pay-bills-rent-build-a-great-score/ The mystique of gold which has gone overboard with prices increasing 50 % over half of the last year is about to reduce. The simple reason is its overbought. This is echoed in a wsj.com column today. No prediction is perfect but this one has good reasoning. By historical comparison Silver ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/04/gold-prices-due-for-a-correction/ How do you add value to a rubber-band, or a number of them? First thing that came to my mind was to make a stress ball. http://tinyurl.com/3do6nz There are 100+ (yes its a lot) video on you-tube just on this adding value to rubber-bands was a contest over the world organised by Stanford. Never ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2008/03/04/to-appreciate-innivation-watch-others-innovate/ Believe it or not, high IQ does not translate into a lot of wealth. This is a finding from research at Ohio State University. Each additional point in IQ means $200.00 more income every year, on an average. So why does high IQ not mean higher wealth? Its all about habit ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2007/05/21/iq-and-investment-are-they-related/ ETF's Have recently gathered a lot of interest and attention all over the financial world. But what does it mean for the individual investor? For an individual investor, the most important thing is to preserve capital and reduce cost and tax implications while making regular investment. Overly aggressive investing require lot ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2007/05/20/etf-investing/ Time and money are the most valuable resources one can have. There will be a series of articles as I get more clarity on these to manage these things better. The key to best utilization of time and money is being effective. Effective to get the things done in the right ... http://www.ongrowthtrack.com/2007/05/19/effective-start-making-thoughtful-choices-keeps-us-ongrowthtrack/