Eat, drink and be scary. ~Author Unknown I’ve got a little Halloween-themed Friday Food for Thought for you here today. I came across this article On Market Timing and Whiskey on Twitter via Rob Bennett. Basically, the author takes a 1952 quote about the pros and cons of whiskey and superimposes on it his own… Continue Reading
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Couch Potato Rebuttals
I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Well, it took about two weeks, but the Couch Potato cabal piled on all at once in response to my post on Why This Is No Market for Couch Potatoes.… Continue Reading
Passive Investing: Mixed Feelings
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~George Santayana I’ve been thinking a lot more seriously about my investment approach lately since we’ll soon be at a point where we feel more comfortable about participating in the markets again. This is… Continue Reading
Passive Investing and the Ostrich Effect
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. ~ William James Update: This post was selected for the June 1st, 2010 edition of the Best of Money Carnival posted at Free Money Finance. Thanks very much! It was also featured in the Carnival of Financial Planning… Continue Reading