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Something to think about… if you really can’t buy index funds – Part 2

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Plenty of people refuse to buy index funds. They feel that they can invest with individual stocks, and beat 90 percent of investment professionals—on their…

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Something to think about… if you really can’t buy index funds - Part 1

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My friend, Jeff, can’t buy index funds.  It has nothing to do with their lack of accessibility; he just can’t bring himself to do…

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The International Teachers Nine Steps to Financial Freedom For Americans

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“The International Teacher’s Nine Steps to Financial Freedom”  has been  included as a chapter in a  book about wellness for teachers, but it does have…

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A narcotics accusation, a cryogenic chamber and a single stock: Reloaded

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Two years ago, I gave my readers a challenge: To pick a stock that they’d hold for the next 80 years. This is how I…

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Who worries more about money, the rich or the poor?

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I work with a couple who are probably the most extraordinary savers I have ever come across. They’re not yet 60 years old, they’re…

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Mutual Fund managers versus James Bond, in Casino Royale

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Of course James Bond was the best poker player in Casino Royale [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(2006_film)]. The guy can do everything:…

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ETF Investing, Frogs, and Boiling Pots of Water

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I take it, from a two hundred year old source–however unreliable it may be–that a frog dropped in a pot of boiling water will…

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Can You Beat the Market With Dividend Paying Stocks?

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As most of my regular readers know, my investments are comprised of index funds.  I don’t own individuals stocks. But I used to. And many…

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Kermit and Elmo Teach Kids About Money

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According to 2010 data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the average American household strangles itself with $14,750 worth of credit card debt. …read…

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Make Sure You Aren’t Falling Behind

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If you had invested $200,000 in the world’s stock and bond markets on September, 11, 2006 (and didn’t add a penny to it)…

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