I know what you’re thinking. I am crazy. But believe me, as beautiful as Gisele is, as a Colts fan, I’m certainly not a fan of her husband (Tom Brady if you were not aware) but one of our visitors sent us a very interesting fact about Gisele Bundchen:

“the Gisele Index is up 41% since January 2007 versus the Dow which was down 4% during the same period. Since January 2008, Gisele was up 39% versus a drop of 4% for the Dow. And since January 2009, Gisele rose 67%.”

You can read more about it here. Are those companies doing so well because of Gisele or is she just THAT good about selecting companies to work with?

Back to more serious stuff:) Here are some good readings from the past few days:

–What If Everything You Know About Money Is Wrong? @ HopeToProsper
–Uncommon Portfolio Diversification @ TheDividendGuyBlog
– Should You Follow Buffett’s Latest Investments? @ DividendGrowthInvestor
–Why The US spends while Europe saves @ New York Times
–Pearl Harbor caused the 2008 financial crisis @ The Altucher Confidential
–5 reasons why the CFA passing rate is so low @ SmartFinancialAnalyst
–Slipping Toward Recession in Europe @ The Big Picture
–Why Stock Picking Is Nearly Completely Useless @ 20sMoney
–Advantages of investing in dividend ETF’s @ WhatIsDividend
–Unclear when Kayak will turn public @ TechCrunch