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Adding “cash” to my Google Finance portfolio

Google:
If you’re listening, please add the ability to track cash in the Google Finance portfolio tracking tool. I track my portfolio in this excellent tool but I can’t enter data related to my holdings in cash instruments. I should be able to enter the cash amount as “shares” with a value of $1.00.
I’m joining the […]

April 22nd, 2007 | Rasheq | 8 comments | Continued
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The joy of open source

I was first drawn to open source by the promise of free software. Blogs I read and respected would suggest a GPL’d app which I would download, use and not think twice about as long they worked. Open source apps were like any other piece of software - the only difference was they didn’t cost […]

May 8th, 2005 | Rasheq | 0 comments | Continued
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Back in New York

Back in the city after a visiting my parents in D.C. On the train ride back I read a recent Financial Times survey on India. Takeaway points:

Indian tourism is likely to boom over the next few years to some 10m passengers a year by 2010.

Displaying wealth is still highly frowned upon so luxury goods […]

March 27th, 2005 | Rasheq | 0 comments | Continued