Podcast #57 (60 minutes) — January 28, 2009 — Buffett is the Scarecrow, Shiller is the Tin Man, Bogle is the Cowardly Lion To download to your computer, […]
How Much to Save — Anything But 10 Percent!
Consideration #1 in Deciding How Much to Save — The Less You Save, the Longer It Takes. At some point in your life you need to have enough […]
Five New Ideas for Controlling Holiday Spending
The first new idea for controlling holiday spending is to enter an agreement with your spouse not to exchange presents but instead to spend a smaller amount of […]
What’s Wrong (and Right) with Using Historical Stock Data to Predict Returns
Problem #1 with Using Historical Stock Data to Predict Returns — The Future Might Not Be Like the Past. The Stock-Return Predictor does not really predict anything. It […]
Personal Finance Podcasts
Podcast #1 (32 minutes) — July 18, 2008 — Buy-and-Hold Cannot Work — Here’s Why To download to your computer, right click and choose “Save Link As” Podcast […]
Personal Finance Planning Is Not About Self-Denial Anymore
Personal finance planning is a boring business. That’s what most people think anyway. But it needn’t be so. Make your money management project an adventure in pursuit of […]
Personal Finance Advice For the Rest of Us
I’m building an army of some tough sons of bitches. I’m recruiting my army from the orphanages.And if a shooting star goes by, — Dylan, “Thunder on the […]
Benefits of Using the Historical Return Data for Predicting Stock Returns
Benefit #1 of using historical return data for predicting stock returns — it permits you to know whether stocks are worth buying at the price they are being […]
Warning: I Talk to Goons
BigMoneyJim posted a comment to the blog a few weeks ago (this article was posted in April 2008) acknowledging that he is a regular at Greaney’s Goon Board […]
Financial Life Planning
Financial life planning is a hot idea. For good reason. The key to success with a money management plan is achieving an integration of life, work, and money […]