Comments on: An Exception to Every Rule http://mcherm.com/permalinks/1/an-exception-to-every-rule Adventures in Programming Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:07:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mcherm http://mcherm.com/permalinks/1/an-exception-to-every-rule/comment-page-1#comment-9101 mcherm Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:38:55 +0000 http://mcherm.com/?p=85#comment-9101 Hi Barbara! Yes... the analogy to investing is a good one. I've always been reluctant to invest in bonds because I don't feel like I really understand how bonds get valued. Yesterday I was looking at my retirement accounts (ouch!) Most of the stock funds are down by 30-40% for the year. One of the bond funds was down by about 10%. The other bond fund was down by 80%! And I'm sure I wouldn't have known the difference between those bond funds. So I'm glad I stuck to stuff I understood. Hi Barbara!

Yes… the analogy to investing is a good one. I’ve always been reluctant to invest in bonds because I don’t feel like I really understand how bonds get valued. Yesterday I was looking at my retirement accounts (ouch!) Most of the stock funds are down by 30-40% for the year. One of the bond funds was down by about 10%. The other bond fund was down by 80%! And I’m sure I wouldn’t have known the difference between those bond funds. So I’m glad I stuck to stuff I understood.

]]> By: Barbara Preuninger http://mcherm.com/permalinks/1/an-exception-to-every-rule/comment-page-1#comment-9097 Barbara Preuninger Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:54:32 +0000 http://mcherm.com/?p=85#comment-9097 "don’t ... change code that you don’t understand." This sounds like a pretty good universal rule, no? I heard something similar this morning on the Daily Show: "Don't invest in something when you don't understand how it makes money" Wow, is that good advice! ;o) “don’t … change code that you don’t understand.”

This sounds like a pretty good universal rule, no?

I heard something similar this morning on the Daily Show:

“Don’t invest in something when you don’t understand how it makes money”

Wow, is that good advice! ;o)

]]>