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Financial Literacy

Financial crisis—time to panic?

#Financial Literacy #Mindset

The more things change, the more they stay the same… 1. Investors are fleeing to gold bullion as they lose faith in the stock markets and…

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Stay On the Rails

#Advisors #Financial Literacy #Travel

What do most financial advisors and African/Middle Eastern carpet salesmen have in common? A few years ago I took a train from  Algiers, Morocco (a…

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Building Your Wealth Instead of Driving It Into the Ground

#Financial Literacy #Lifestyle

Read what a 47 year-old millionaire mechanic has to say about building wealth Imagine operating a good old fashioned barber shop.  You charge about $10 for…

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The Elements of Investing book review

#Financial Literacy

I get a kick out of this.  Try finding a book (any book) on finance that makes this claim: Statistically speaking, the odds are that you…

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Losing Stocks Continue Their Winning Ways

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

How are the biggest losers doing? Readers, I asked you to create a portfolio of stocks that you thought would be hopeless. You put together 23…

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Who’s Great at Picking Terrible Stocks?

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

Nobody tries picking a losing stock on purpose, but despite your best (and sometimes greediest) intentions, we find ourselves occasionally face down on the pavement, courtesy…

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The Biggest Losers Beat The Olympians Out of the Blocks

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

Readers:  Thank you for putting together the worst portfolio you could think of. I asked you to put together a collection of stocks that you thought…

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The Losers are Winning!

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I’ve asked readers to give me the names of the worst stocks they know.…

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We still need 15 'Lousy' Stocks -- Can you pick a loser?

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

Can a bunch of 350 pound runners really keep up with Olympic athletes? The answer to that question, of course, is “no”–not if each group…

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Olympians vs The Biggest Losers

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

You wouldn’t call it “sporting” would you? If you selected the world’s top 10,000 meter runners and pitted them in a 10K running…

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