But I couldn’t help thinking how much more interesting than these dull cold numbers are London’s illogical but colorful names of streets, e.g. “Bishopgate” (which is not a gate and hasn’t a Bishop in it); “Haymarket” or “Corn market” (where you won’t see any hey or ...
You are considering buying a new car. The sticker price is $15,000, and you have $3,000 for down payment. You obtain a 5-year car loan at a nominal annual interest rate of 12%. What is your monthly loan payment?Mary Smith to...
“Excuse me,” he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, “I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else.” And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl...
You are considering the purchase of U.S. T-bills that yield 1.810% (thats a six month rate, not an annual rate by the way) and have a maturity of 26 weeks. The spot exchange rate is $1.00 = ?100, and the six month forward rate is $1.00 = ?110. The interest rate in Japan (...
Life insurance is cheap. The estate documents are cheap and not that hard if you know a lawyer. After all those personal finance book reviews, these gaps are really pretty shocking. Reply Barrysays May 22, 2008 at 6:28 am After getting married six years ago I realized that the life insu...