Highest Paid YouTube Celebrities

Article from Forbes here.

Interesting list of self-made celebrities in telling jokes, playing the violin, doing your own comedy, reviewing video games, etc. and how you can make real money doing that.

Business At The Movies: The Big Short

Our copy of the Big Short here.

This movie is a star-studded account of Michael Lewis's book of the same name. It's a good way to introduce yourself to the events leading up to the 2008 – 2009 financial crisis.

Researching Banks' Balance Sheets

American Financial Directory is a good print reference source that provides information on individual banks' outstanding loans, deposits, and other information.

It doesn't seem to have detailed information on the big boys - just smaller banks - so Mergent is my preferred database for getting that kind of information. You know - Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Capital One, etc...Check their financials.

This is a cool website from the government that gives you up-to-minute financial information for your bank.