Happy Friday, everyone. 
This week I got back my scores on the Audit & Attestation and Business Environment & Concepts portions of the CPA exam. The result: two passing scores! Now all that’s left is Regulation (i.e., the part about taxation and business law), which I expect to take some time in August.
Investing Articles
- Common Sense Investing (video series) from Financing Life
- Hourly Financial Advice–The Right Model? from Allan Roth
- Are You a Disciplined Investor? from Rick Ferri
- There Are Too Many Financial Advisors from White Coat Investor
- For UK Investors: Choosing an Index Tracker (Part 2) from Monevator
- For Canadians: Will Better Fee and Performance Disclosures Help? from Money Smarts Blog
Other Money-Related Articles
- The Cost of Living in a Paid-Off House from Five Cent Nickel
- My Favorite Personal Finance Books from PT Money
- Saving Money by Negotiating Rent from Bible Money Matters
- What to Do When Your Credit Card is Stolen from Cash Money Life
- Group LTC Insurance: A Good or Bad Deal? from Wealth Pilgrim
- It Might Be Time to Trade In Your Used Car from GenX Finance
Thanks for reading!
Hi. I'm Mike Piper, the author of this blog. I'm a CPA and the author of several personal finance books. The point of this blog is to show that investing doesn't have to be complicated. 
That’s great, Mike. Congratulations! It’s all downhill from here.
Thanks, PT. That’s the hope!
Dear Mike,
I hope you are doing well. You and your blog reader Larry made some helpful comments about my “safe savings rate” article which was published in the May
2011 Journal of Financial Planning. I included you and Larry in the
acknowledgments for you helpful analysis.
http://www.fpanet.org/journal/CurrentIssue/TableofContents/SafeSavingsRates/
In particular, Larry had asked how to apply the concept to someone in mid-career. I’ve just finished a new article with an answer about this.
I’ve been working on a follow-up article about “safe savings rates” but for people already in mid-career. I try to address about what still may need to be done (in terms of saving and working) before mid-career individuals can be reasonable assured of having a sustainable retirement. I thought you might be interested, and if you have any suggestions, please let me know.
On my blog, I summarize it, and I am also including a link for the full article.
http://wpfau.blogspot.com/2011/06/getting-on-track-for-retirement.html
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/31900/1/MPRA_paper_31900.pdf
Thank you and best wishes, Wade
Wade:
Thank you for stopping by to give us an update on your work. I look forward to reading it more closely when I get a chance (hopefully this weekend).
I continue to find your research/writing insightful.