It’s Better in the Wind Guest posts I’ve done lately: Retire Early Lifestyle: Esperando un Camino and Why Your House is a Terrible Investment And an interview: A man with F-you money How Warren Buffett got his start. How state taxes influence where people choose to live. Strange Houses Cliffs of Dover 29 more scientific facts… [Continue Reading]
Archives for January 2014
Stocks — Part XXI: Investing with Vanguard for Europeans
Please Note: If you are outside Europe and the US, please be sure to read thru the comments on this post. They have become a valuable forum for investors from all over the world. Who knew? Certainly not I. This all started when I wrote a series of letters to my daughter about financial stuff… [Continue Reading]
Case Study #7: What it looks like when everything financial goes wrong
A couple of months back I was walking the dog on a beautiful Fall afternoon. As I sat on a bench enjoying the sun it occurred to me it had been a very long time since I had spoken with my pal Tom. As I dialed, I really didn’t expect to reach him. Seems while… [Continue Reading]
1st Annual Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest 2013 results, and my forecast for 2014
Louis Rukeyser Well now, this is a bit embarrassing. Early last year I published a bit of satire titled How to be a Stock Market Guru and get on MSNBC. Basically I mocked the idea that anyone can predict the short-term market and laughed at those who claim they can. Just as one of my financial… [Continue Reading]