Ah, David Bach. I like you; you give out good advice, promote a long term view, and encourage automation of everyone’s expenses, all of which appeals to me. Your book, The Automatic Millionaire, is clear guide to setting up your expenses, and it’s become one of my favorite investing books. Because of all this, I …
Book Review: The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner Read More »
Contrary to what you may have been led to believe, I wasn’t always a mildly crazed, mid-twenties geek; at one point, I was actually an eleven or twelve year-old, mildly crazed geek. Even then, though, I was learning some of the basics of economics, whether I realized it at the time or not. After all, …
(NOTE: A rather detailed and well-thought out response to this article and defense of the practice of Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI, which I and other commentators have referred to as ‘Dead Peasant Insurance’) is posted below. Also posted are the responses I’ve given to Mr. Kramer, who by all appearances seems to have a …
When Companies Get Really Creepy: ‘Dead Peasant’ Life Insurance Read More »
When it comes to investing in stocks for capital gains, there are two different approaches that can be taken in order to ensure that your stocks increase their worth: growth investing and value investing. (There are other rationales for investing, such as investing for dividends, but for now let’s stick with growth and value investing.) …
Well, it’s time once again for me to try to gather up my thoughts on the blogs published earlier in the week. I’ve decided to change the name of this (usually) weekly feature because, with my new job and its rotating schedule, it’s going to be very hard to ensure that I have time to …