As teased earlier, I am starting a book club, and today marks its official birth. I’m as excited as you are. Why a book club (besides the obvious social status it brings)? Well, feeding this beast of a blog with content is a never-ending struggle. Since I read a lot, I’ve always got recent books […]
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Well that was ugly. Most experts agree that global pandemics are bad for the stock market, and this quarter proved no exception. Let’s look and see how our heroes are faring in a very dangerous leg of our adventure story: Whoa. At least PK from Don’t Quit Your Day Job has used some brilliant picks
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Welcome to the 2020 Stock Picking Contest! Now in its third year, this is officially an annual tradition. Feel free to read the thrilling adventures that were had in the 2018 and 2019 contests. The rules are fairly straightforward. Everyone starts with US$1,000,000 of play money, and the contest runs from 1-Jan to 31-Dec. No
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We have a winner! The ABL 2019 Stock Picking Contest has finished, and Ian Bezek is our champ. (If you’re curious about the contest and are woefully short of entertainment options, you can read about the 2019 contest here and peruse the Q1, Q2, and Q3 updates.) Ian crushed his enemies, saw them driven before
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Ever attuned to the needs of my readers, I have decided to match my posting frequency to equal your holiday season interest in reading personal finance blogs. In other words, I’m wrapping it up for this year 🙂 I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and get to enjoy time with family and loved
This may come as a shock to long-term readers, but I can be rather cynical at times. Dealing with the flotsam and jetsam of humanity for many a decade has taken its toll. There are some truly wonderful people in this world (and yes, I’m talking specifically about you), but there are also a lot
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Today I’m guest posting for Sean over at My Money Wizard. Sean truly is a money wizard: he’s a twenty something who saved $100,000 by the time he was 25 and is on pace to retire in his thirties. He definitely has his financial house in order, and he is a great writer. His site
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Graduate school was good for me on many fronts. I had a welcome break from the grind of work. I added a credential that helped my career. I even met my future wife! And I actually learned some stuff too. My professors were brilliant, I was diving deep into new subjects, and I was experiencing
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For the last few months, the TV in our den has been having some trouble. At first, the power button wouldn’t turn on the TV, but if you cut the power to the TV and tried again, it’d work fine. Then it started needing the power cut twice. Then three times. Then finally it was
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At the highest level, success in personal finance can be pretty straightforward. If you spend less (preferably, a lot less) than you earn and invest those savings wisely, you’re well on your way. However, the devil is in the details. There are some basic truths in personal finance, but after a certain point, things get
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