Halfway Update - 5 Years Later! Carol Loomis has posted the 5-year update in Fortune of the $1,000,000 index fund vs. hedge fund bet. Halfway through the 10-year bet (1/1/08 to 12/31/17), the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund backed by Buffett is up by … [Read the rest]
Viktor Frankl was a respected doctor and therapist before he became a concentration camp prisoner during the Holocaust. After somehow surviving the unthinkable only to find that he had lost both his parents and his pregnant wife, he wrote the book … [Read the rest]
Here's a belated 2012 year-end update of our investment portfolio, including employer 401(k) plans, self-employed retirement plans, Traditional and Roth IRAs, and taxable brokerage holdings. Cash reserves (emergency fund), college savings accounts, … [Read the rest]
I have a goal this year to read and review more books, ideally a book per week on average. Recently, I've been into reading biographical books about interesting people pursuing their passions. Feel free to send me some suggestions. Tina Fey's … [Read the rest]
(Short version: Best Buy makes attempt to alienate the last few customers that they have left, and succeeds.) … [Read the rest]
Visit PapaJohnsCoinToss.com and if you guess the Super Bowl coin toss correctly, you'll get a unique coupon code for a free large 1-topping pizza redeemable at papajohns.com. The thing is, the terms and conditions clearly allow up to 4 four … [Read the rest]
Have some unused or unwanted gift cards left over? Gift card exchange site PlasticJungle.com is having a promotion where if you sell them $200 in gift cards by midnight Friday, you'll get $20 credit towards a future gift card purchase. When you go to … [Read the rest]
The free Personal Financial Planning course on Coursera has begun (there's still time to join), and the first week's topic is "Where are you? Where are you going". One of the activities is calculating your personal net worth. It may seem like a … [Read the rest]
LivingSocial is currently offering a $50 Gradsave gift card for $24 (expired). The GradSave College Savings Gift Card can be redeemed for a $50 deposit into any national 529 college savings plan. So if you're already meaning to contribute some … [Read the rest]
If you're a parent, student, or just someone looking to switch jobs, here's a list of the professions where you'll be least likely to become unemployed. Think of it as a career guide for the risk-averse or those who want the best odds. The WSJ … [Read the rest]
Online "open" education site Coursera has a free personal financial planning course starting January 14th, 2013. It will run for 7 weeks, requiring 3-6 hours of work per week, and you get (likely worthless) certification of completion at the end. … [Read the rest]
Here’s the last part of the monthly update for my Beat The Market Experiment, a set of three real-money portfolios started on November 1st, 2012. See also my $10,000 Benchmark and $10,000 Speculative portfolio updates for January 2013. On 11/1/12, … [Read the rest]
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