I received a review copy of Timothy McCarthy’s The Safe Investor: How to Make Your Money Grow in a Volatile Global Economy a few weeks ago. Any book that can give me at least one good idea is a win. It usually covers the cost of a book, or an e-book, or a membership to … Read more
A while back my wife got me a mug that says “Future Millionaire” on it. The statement on the mug for me is as true now as it was then. o_O Though some people are predisposed to becoming millionaires, and some have greater obstacles in their path to do so, the path to millionare-ity isn’t … Read more
On the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, I have a Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters is an international organization that helps people to improve their public speaking and leadership skills in a supportive, nurturing environment. Recently, Financial Money Spot mentioned that joining an organization as an investment in yourself is inexpensive and effective. He mentions … Read more
I’ve always been amused by the Berlitz commercial featuring the well-meaning but English-challenged trainee within the German Coast Guard: Intercom: “Mayday Mayday –static– Hello can you hear us can you hear us can you –static– over –static– we are sinking we are sink–“ German Coast Guard (slowly, in very thick accent): “Hallo? This is the … Read more
User catandmouse asked this question over at the Personal Finance and Money Stack Exchange site: How should one structure a portfolio given the possibility that a Total Stock Market Index might decline and not recover for a long time? It’s a common financial advice to buy an index and hold it forever. Particularly, John Bogle … Read more
I’ve been a member of Swagbucks for a bit, and I’ve earned over $300 in Amazon.com gift cards since then. Amazon.com gift cards are one of the best deals that Swagbucks has going on, and they’re almost as good as cash, since you can get just about anything on Amazon. I recently signed up to … Read more
(This is a guest post. A rather breezily-written one, but I think you’ll like it. If you want to guest post here and on hundreds of other sites, sign up for a PostRunner account.) So what do you get when “making money online” meets the exotic world of financial derivatives? The answer, it seems, is … Read more
My daughter is eight. She still kind of listens to me and thinks that I actually know something. I know it will be all too quick before she thinks I’m extremely out of touch and don’t know which end of the wet paper bag to get out of. As children get older, though, they do … Read more