The Katana: A Week Long Celebration of Love
A Sliced Heart
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought it’d be nice to dedicate some of this week’s posts to relationships. Few things are as rewarding as finding the one you want to grow old with. I can be stranded somewhere in Kabul, and so long as the one is beside me, I am happy.
That said, does true love have a price? If a genie gave you the option of having $100 million dollars but never finding the love of your life, or finding that special someone but always living just above the poverty line, which would you choose?
Before answering the question, think about all the fun times you had in your prior relationships, some that could have been. Not all bad right? Now think carefully whether after a certain point, more money can really bring you more happiness.
My theory is that “love” will be the landslide victor, however, at the margin men will have a greater tendency to choose money over love, while women will gravitate towards love over money. Vote below and share your thoughts!
The Samurai Fund: -3.13% YTD vs. the S&P 500 -4.4%. Lenar +15%, Berkshire +11%, GE +4% and STE +6.15% continue to be stars. While MWW -18% and not Toyota -11.3% is the biggest dog. If Toyota’s Toyoda-san didn’t apologize on Friday, I would have sold the stock in a heart beat.
Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge: Is growing strong! I’m very happy to see so many people progress and support each other. Forget about all the SEO, link ratios, and yourself. Keep up the content and the promoting of others! If you would like to join, read the post, let me know in the comments section with your rank so Daniel-san and I can track.
HIGHLIGHT POSTS OF THE WEEK
* “Do Positions Of Power Corrupt People Or Attract People Who Are Already Corrupt?” asks David. The answer is the former. You don’t wake up as a baby one day wishing to rule the world.
* “Q&A With Six Figure Blogger Flexo” by Studenomics interviews one of my favorite PF bloggers.
* “Are Credit Card Companies Evil If They Don’t Waive Fees On Haiti Donations?” asks Joel. My answer is no, but it would be nice if they did. Goodwill is a highly valuable asset!
* “The Secret To Success: Hustle” from Paul highlights the one thing I can’t agree more on if you want something bad enough.
* “How I Learned Everything About Business By Owning A Lemonade Stand” from Investor Junkie who is hurting The Samurai Fund with Lumber Liquidatos (his initials)!
* “Annual Reviews Are A Waste” says Lean. I say it’s a necessary evil for legal reasons. What say you?
* “Winners And Losers Of The Obama Tax Plan” over at Darwin’s. I feel bad for the losers, especially charities.
* “Untemplater Interview With Career Coach Alexandra” by Jun talks about career advice and one of my favorite topics of whether to get an MBA or not.
* “Eco Fraud Friday: Energy, Food, Water” by TJ talks about the realities of going environmentally friendly.
* “Deliver Away Debt Joins The Millionaire Club” by Jeff shows his “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” creativity.
* “Weekend Roundup: Can Money Buy Freedom?” asks The Investor. The people of Europe are hurting us and we don’t know why. It brings a tear to my eye that The Investor is taking the Samurai Alexa Challenge to heart and selflessly promoting others! Well done old chap.
Winners of “Secrets of A Stingy Scoundrel“: Ernest S., and Charlie! Pls send over your mailing addresses for delivery.
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Keiju,
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about 4 months ago
The people of Nicaragua are very warm and friendly. I am partial because I am Nicaraguan. Nicaragua does not posses the military capability that it did back in the 80's so it won't be a threat to any of the neighboring countries. Panama once said that they will come to the aid of Costa Rica if anything was to happen. The winning of Ortega might be a problem only if the investors leave the country which many have already threathened to do i.e., Taiwan, Spain, Sweden, US and a slew of private businesses and also future investors who were waiting to see how the election would end. Ortega promised jobs to the poor and that is the only reason why he got voted in. If the investors leave and they aren't replaced by new ones, what sort of jobs will there be? Especially if the US pulls out which that will cause irreparable damages to the country's infrastructure and will leave the poorer even poorer. Not to forget that also Daniel left the country in shambles and heavy debt of 1,200 billion dollars when he left office in 1990. Thus far, the country stands divided.