Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and Stock Market Profits
#Financial LiteracyThis post is a ‘sneak peak’ at my 2011 book! Enjoy! Andrew If you were fully invested in the stock market over the past 20 years,…
If You Haven’t Started Investing, Start Now!
#Financial LiteracyThis post is a ‘sneak peak’ at my 2011 book. Enjoy! Andrew Jockeying with Bill Gates for the title of “World’s richest man” is a…
Beating the Market Doesn’t Add to My Confidence
#Financial LiteracyTen years ago I figured I could beat the market. Full of optimism and naivety, I used the formulas espoused in a number ofRobert Hagstrom’s…
Mariusz Skonieczny -- Why Are We So Clueless About the Stockmarket?
#Financial LiteracyMariusz Skonieczny has written the below post as a guest on my site. He’s a money manager and the author ofWhy Are We So Clueless…
Beating the Market with Bonds
#Andrew's Money #Financial LiteracyYears ago I read a great book by Michael O’Higgins, titled Beating the DOW with Bonds [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C4T352?ie=UTF8&…
Let Me Mail YOU a $10 Bill!!
#Financial LiteracyThere are loads of mutual funds that have done well for investors. We can’t ever know what they’re going to be ahead of time,…
Great Investors are Odd
#Financial LiteracyThat good-looking kid in your high school class was voted “most likely to succeed”. He always wore the latest fashions, had perfect hair, always said the…
Dancing with the Devil
#Investing #Financial LiteracyAbout 8 years ago, my friend Rob and I pondered whether to make an investment in Philip Morris, the cigarette manufacturer. The company, now known as…
Financial Evangelist
#Advisors #Financial LiteracyOnce learning about the long odds of success with actively managed mutual funds versus passive index funds, most investors will be keen to jump ship. And…
Sure! The Experts Recommend Index Funds...
#Financial Literacy #Advisors… but what exactly are they and how do they differ from what most investors are sold? “The best way to own common stocks is through an…