http://passionsaving.com/the-financial-freedom-blog.html A Daily Personal Finance Blog on Saving, Investing, Career Change, Budgeting, Creating a Life Plan, and Other Financial Freedom Topics. en-us Sat, 31 May 2008 17:44:17 -0700 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:44:17 -0700 Easy Blogs by uuba.com http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e632 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e632 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:44:17 -0700 Please bookmark the A Rich Life blog or subscribe to its RSS feed. Starting June 2, that's where all the aspiring early retirees are hanging out. We need you there to make it a fun party! http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e631 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e631 Fri, 30 May 2008 12:17:22 -0700 I've added Patricia's story to the Middle-Class Millionaires section of the site.Juicy Excerpt: The positive aspect is that the intelligence behind your retirement analysis, plus that of those who have applied Monte Carlo simulation, plus W Bernstein, plus... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e630 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e630 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:11:11 -0700 You want to be famous?That's easy. I can tell you the secret.Go to a discussion board and post honestly about how valuations affect long-term stock returns. Everyone will know your name in no time.I didn't say you would be popular! I said you would be famous.... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e629 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e629 Wed, 28 May 2008 08:56:18 -0700 John Greaney, owner of the www.RetireEarlyHomePage.com site, reports on a loophole in the Social Security rules that could pay off big-time for some retirees in an article entitled Where Can a 70-Year-Old Buy the Least Expensive Life Annuity?Juicy Excerpt:... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e628 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e628 Tue, 27 May 2008 09:13:43 -0700 John Bogle is corrupt.Scott Burns is corrupt.William Bernstein is corrupt.Jonathan Clements is corrupt.Bill Sholar is corrupt.Mel Lindauer is corrupt.John Greaney is corrupt.Motley Fool is corrupt.Morningstar is corrupt.The Early Retirement Forum is corrupt.Robert... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e627 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e627 Fri, 23 May 2008 15:15:51 -0700 John Walter Russell (owner of the www.Early-Retirement-Planning-Insights.com site) and I are working on our fourth investing calculator, The Buy-and-Hold Reality Checker.Our first calculator is The Stock-Return Predictor (see tab at left). This calculator employs... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e626 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e626 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:37:16 -0700 There's a second article recently authored by Joseph Picerno that I strongly recommend that you read. This one is entitled Rethinking Modern Portfolio Theory.Juicy Excerpt #1: Perhaps the biggest shocker of all is the idea that the value strategies of Ben Graham... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e625 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e625 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:54:05 -0700 I strongly recommend that you read a recent article by Joseph Picerno entitled Back to the Future -- Again: The Financial Literature Now Favors Active Asset Allocation, But It's Still Risky.Juicy Excerpt #1: The conviction is supported by a growing body of... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e624 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e624 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:53:36 -0700 The Get Rich Slowly blog reported sometime back on the Liz Pulliam Weston articles that featured me and several other middle-class workers who opted for a newfangled approach to retirement. Both the blog entry and the comments filed in response to it are worth... http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e623 http://www.passionsaving.com/200805.html#e623 Mon, 19 May 2008 08:51:51 -0700 I will post the last entry for the Financial Freedom Blog on Friday, May 30.Then this blog with its clunky software will be no more.I will post the second entry for the A Rich Life blog on Monday, June 2.The new blog will employ the groovy WordPress software....