Completed Tranaction

Shares of VAIPX were sold from a trust fund of which John Dutemple is trustee on October 26 at NAV.

Proposed Transaction

John Dutemple will be selling, from a trust of which he is trustee, shares in the Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities Fund (VAIPX) no earlier than 8:00 am Central Friday, October 23, 2009.

The Efficient Checkout Line

A nice post from the 'My Money' blog exploring a concept that's taken a big hit in the last year: the Efficient Market Hypothesis.

The author reviews the analogy of picking the shortest line in the supermarket checkout from the book, Undercover Economist, and explains in layman's terms why it (and, by extension, picking stocks) is difficult at best and folly at worst.

Thanks to Brian Eufinger for sending me this post.

This American Life Podcast

This American Life, an NPR production, has done an amazing job explaining what happened to trigger the credit crisis we now find ourselves a year into.

Completed Trade

John Dutemple bought, with a limit order, 100 shares of the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) for a family account.

Proposed Transaction

John Dutemple to buy 100 shr Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) for family account after 8:00 am Tuesday, October 6, 2009.