Don’t view a vacation as time off from your pursuit of the self-directed life, but as a time to recharge your batteries and thereby make quicker progress. Pointer […]
How to Escape the Rat Race
Even those who don’t make the big bucks can escape the rat race years early if they put their minds to it. So says “Ariechert,” one of my […]
Rational Investing vs. Passive Investing
Rational Investing vs. Passive Investing, Comparison #1 — Definition A regression analysis of the historical stock-return data shows that the most likely 10-year annualized real return for U.S. […]
If the Random Walk Is Real, The Efficient Market Isn’t
If the Random Walk Is Real, the Efficient Market Isn’t. People who believe in an efficient market generally also believe that stock prices follow a random walk. It […]
The Purpose of Money — Thinking Through the Basics
Question #1 about the Purpose of Money — Why Save? The usual answer is “to finance your old-age retirement.” That’s not a good answer. If your old-age retirement […]
Community Comments on Predicting Stock Returns
The thread on The Stock-Return Predictor at the Vanguard Diehards board is the second-longest (over 650 posts) in the history of that forum. Set forth below are snippets […]
Investing Experts Are Politicians
For a good number of years, I earned my living as a reporter covering Capitol Hill. My friends viewed it as a glamourous job, but it became boring […]
Passion Saving in the News
This page sets forth links to articles referring to Rob Bennett’s book Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work, to his daily Financial Freedom […]
The Book I Wrote
This section of the PassionSaving.com site provides articles on and excerpts from the book Passion Saving: The Path to Plentiful Free Time and Soul-Satisfying Work. It also provides […]
Investing Discussion Boards Ban Honest Posting on Valuations!
People without love will sometimes build a fence around The garden up above that makes this whole world go around. And all those people that don’t fit, They […]