Best of Web: Investing Advice, Afghanistan War, Airbnb Magic Gone, 2017 News Bloopers

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We bring you the Best of Web links: Some great investing advice, revisit the Afghanistan war, ponder if the Airbnb magic is gone, watch hilarious 2017 news bloopers and a great Kayak feature featuring all direct flights out of a specific airport in a specific month.

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Harry Markowitz: My Advice to Investors Today

Very interesting candid interview of this Nobel prize winner. This academic had something to do with Modern Portfolio Theory. This is the second part, you should click on the link at the bottom for part one. He is writing a book and he is 90, talk about some inspiration! His answer why? “Because I’m having fun“—->And this is why TBB still exists at its present form 🙂

There are two kinds of people — ill-advised and well-advised. The ill-advised watch Jim Cramer yell at them on CNBC. I may be enthusiastic but I don’t yell advice. The smart investor just buys and holds a well-diversified portfolio, using index funds.

Diversify and rebalance. They don’t invite me on the television, because my message is, don’t look at television, just diversify and rebalance. The professional investor will outperform the market simply because they rebalance.

The Longest War: 8 Years After My Last Deployment, I Returned To Afghanistan As A Reporter. Here’s What I Found

If you are interested about Afghanistan this is great. The main conclusions are:

We’re not leaving Afghanistan…maybe ever

Afghanistan is not really about Afghanistan

In many ways, conditions have declined in recent years

The coming year will probably be the bloodiest to date

The US military strategy finally makes sense

Afghan special operations forces are the country’s best hope

We can’t kill our way to stability

Has Airbnb lost its appeal?

Well, yes. I am not a big fan of Airbnb because I got way too many hotel points so I mostly stay for freeeee. I think the author makes some good arguments that Airbnb is starting to have that big company corporate feel, it’s not even fun anymore.

But as Airbnb has grown, so too has my sense that maybe I should just get a hotel, book a trendy hostel, or stay with friends. It’s a hard thing to measure—and maybe, at this point, the company doesn’t even care—but for me, the romance is gone.

The Best News Bloopers of 2017 Are Here and They Are Glorious

Get ready to laugh! If you don’t laugh at all, please seek help, something must be wrong!

 Direct Flights from a specific airport

For some reason I was not aware of this. As many of you I use Wikipedia’s feature to see all the flights at a specific airport but this Kayak feature is more handy I think. You can click on each flight and see the complete schedules. All for a specific month (which takes care of seasonality). Enjoy!

Below you see direct flights out of Detroit in April 2018, change the airport and month and have fun!

https://www.kayak.com/direct/DTW/2018-04

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  4. I’ve never booked an Airbnb. I wouldn’t be opposed to it, I’ve just not found anything that interested me or was a good value. And to be honest I just don’t often think about it when I am looking for lodging. I see the article’s point that so many of the properties I come across are generic looking – I’d rather do a nice B&B and get a bit of local flavor.

    Thanks for the Kayak tip – didn’t know about that one!

    1. Ryan,

      There are some truly exceptional properties. I’ve stayed in a 3bdrm villa in Iguassu Falls with a private pool for $80, a huge oceanview 2-story apartment smack dab in the center of Salvador, Bahia, with a ton of character and a huge terrace with a private pool for $90, a 4bdrm in Catskills for less than $100, and the list goes on and on. I’ve also stayed in condos that offer many hotel amenities except for a room service. Try it, and not necessarily with Airbnb. Check HomeAway, Booking.com, and others and see who offers a better deal.

  5. Friday post in jeopardy, just a few working days left here in Greece, everything here takes so much time wow!

  8. Not only is Airbnb not about fun — it never has been. They’ve used buffoonery and deceptive practices from the get go (google Airbnb Craigslist scam). Social my ass: these guys are some of the biggest corporate hypocrites you’ve ever known. And they didn’t invent the industry, btw, I’ve been using vacation rentals since the 90-s.

    Granted, they’ve built a giant business empire out of thin air, so kudos to them for their acumen, but the appeal of Airbnb and Vacation Rentals in general is in the value and not their baloney claims of sharing and caring.

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