5 Financial Bubbles: Are We Facing a Bubble of Bubbles?

Economic advance is not the same as human progress.

~ John Clapham

Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance #267 at Beating Broke. Thanks!

We’ve heard a lot about bubbles in the economic world over the past decade – so much, in fact, that it seems like we might be facing a bubble of bubbles. But what does that mean to the average person? [...] Continue reading 5 Financial Bubbles: Are We Facing a Bubble of Bubbles?





3D Hurricane: Are Your Finances Prepared?

The seeds that delivered that crop – the global financial crisis – there’s more of those seeds than ever. They’re bigger than ever.

~ Rob Arnott

Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Financial Planning #148 posted at My Wealth Builder.

I’ve got a really interesting video link for you in today’s Friday Food for Thought. I found it via Preet Banerjee at Where Does All [...] Continue reading 3D Hurricane: Are Your Finances Prepared?





Does Money Reduce Stress?

I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.

~ Joe Louis

Update: This article was selected for the Best of Money Carnival #56 posted at Free Money Finance. Thank you! It was also included in the Carnival of Financial Planning #147 posted at The Skilled Investor. Thanks!

Money, or the lack of it, can cause a lot of stress. It can lead to tremendous personal or [...] Continue reading Does Money Reduce Stress?





5 Investing Challenges for the Next Decade

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests on truth.

~ Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

Update: This post was included in the Money Hackers Carnival #117 posted at Engineer Your Finances. Thanks!

Monday’s post dealt with some of the ways in which today’s market climate is Not Business as Usual. I’d like to expand on that today with a bit more detail on some of the [...] Continue reading 5 Investing Challenges for the Next Decade





Civil Unrest: Where's Mom?

I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Capitalism’s 3 Children are at it again, and this time it’s much more serious. We’re no longer talking about name-calling and spit balls. We’re dealing with molotov cocktails and fatalities now. This is for real folks. The scenario that’s unfolding before [...] Continue reading Civil Unrest: Where’s Mom?





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