Weekly Roundup 10/26/2013

Weekly Roundup 10/26/2013

Before you go any further – you probably noticed that there is no audio file this week. That is because while I am in Atlanta attending my first doctoral residency, my headset is in New Jersey.

That does not, however, mean there is not a Weekly Roundup this week.

Several of the weeks biggest stories that might influence you and your money are as follows

J.P. Morgan entered into a $5.1 billion settled over questionable mortgages, which again raises the question – who really pays when these multi-billion dollar fines are leveled against large institutions?

More speculation and discussion has grown around the looming Twitter IPO – the firm has chosen to set the price at a very economical level, perhaps in order to avoid some of the negative P.R. and press that plagued the Facebook IPO.

Following up from last week’s discussion, here are some of the world’s most valuable brands. What is your personal brand worth? And what are some of the things that you are doing to improve it?

“A Fresh Pair of Eyes” is more about just discussing finance and accounting – it is about education, informing and financial empowerment. In that same thought, here are some tips from the legendary investor Jack Bogle (the founder of The Vanguard Group, which is the industry leader in low-cost, index-fund-based investing) on how to start kids (and frankly anyone can learn from these) with investing.

As always, if there are any thoughts, comments, or suggestions on these topics please send an email to afreshpairofeyes88@gmail.com.

Happy Reading!

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101128783

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-25/twitter-ipo-as-economical-as-its-tweets-with-27-discount.html

http://www.interbrand.com/en/best-global-brands/2013/Best-Global-Brands-2013.aspx

http://ssteinsmith.com/7-habits-of-financially-empowered-people/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101114651