Happy Friday, Dear Reader. A short collection of my favorites from this week:

Investing Articles

Other Money-Related Articles

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Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy your respective weekends. :)

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Know anybody 50 or older?

March 10, 2010

For as long as I can remember, my mom has been saying that she wants to live to be 100.
And she’s not kidding around. She might have the healthiest diet of anyone I know (not surprising–she’s a dietitian), and she’s passionate about fitness–swimming, running, yoga, you name it.
But she made one mistake: She waited until age [...]

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Sunk Costs and Underwater Mortgages

March 8, 2010

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Similarly, two poor investment decisions don’t add up to one good investment decision.
In the last few weeks, I’ve come across two articles discussing scenarios in which a homeowner was “underwater” on his/her mortgage. In each case, it was indicated that selling the home is a poor choice because the [...]

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Weekend Reading 3/5/2010

March 5, 2010

Happy Friday, Dear Reader.
A quick list of my favorites from this week:
Investing Articles

Stockbrokers Are Not Fiduciaries fom Bad Money Advice
IRAs Do Not Pass Through Your Will from Financial Ducks in a Row
How Much Life Insurance Do You REALLY Need? from Get Rich Slowly (post by Mike from Four Pillars)

Other Money-Related Articles

Are [...]

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I’m a microcap growth stock. What are you?

March 3, 2010

It’s become popular recently to think of your human capital (that is, the present value of all of your future earnings) as if it were an investment in your portfolio. For example:

The human capital of a tenured professor is akin to a bond–it’s fairly steady, unlikely to vary significantly or disappear in any given year.
I’d [...]

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7 Easy Ways to Get Filthy Rich Using Mutual Funds

February 26, 2010

1. Follow StockTwits for timely news on ETFs. Crowd-sourced information is an excellent way to get an edge on the market.
2. Don’t bother with index funds. They include way too many crappy stocks.
3. If you must use an index fund, make sure it’s enhanced.
4. Buy several mutual funds in each asset class. After three years, [...]

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Weekend Reading Plutus Awards Edition

February 26, 2010

I got a pleasant surprise this week to find out that I was nominated for a Plutus Award for “Best Investing Blog.” (I’m new to this, but my best explanation is that the Plutus Awards are akin to the People’s Choice Awards, for personal finance blogs.)
If you want to vote for me or any of [...]

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Using Probability to Set the Size of An Emergency Fund

February 23, 2010

Austin Frakt at The Incidental Economist recently wrote an intriguing post using Charles B. Hatcher’s work to rationally set the size of an emergency fund.
The basic idea of the post is that the ratio of the annual opportunity cost of forgoing a higher investment return to the cost of [...]

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Can You Trust Personal Finance Bloggers?

February 22, 2010

While reading the comments on one of J.D.’s recent posts, I got the distinct impression that many of his readers (and likely mine as well) aren’t yet familiar with the concept of affiliate links or how to spot them.
That’s unfortunate. It means that many savers/investors are being exposed to a significant conflict of interests of [...]

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Weekend Reading 2/19/2010

February 19, 2010

Was a fun week for discussion here on the blog with 3 guest posts in addition to the normal posting schedule. (Thanks, by the way, to Michael, David, and Mr. C.!)
For those who are curious: I didn’t do anything to solicit guest posts–they each were the idea of the guest writer. So it’s quite likely [...]

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Index Funds: Are They Really Passive Investing?

February 18, 2010

Index funds are–and probably will continue to be–the easiest way for an average Joe to invest. But contrary to popular belief, they’re not a “set and forget” type investment.
With index funds, you still have to:
Decide Which Index Funds to Use – Most people think of the Vanguard S&P 500 fund when they talk about index [...]

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