There’s a saying among prospectors: “Go out looking for one thing, and that’s all you’ll ever find.” ~ Robert Flaherty Update: Thanks to PT Money for selecting this article for the Best of Money Carnival #63! I’ve written a lot about how financial bubbles, socioeconomic bubbles, and over-leverage in the economy may have an adverse…
Tag Archive: financial planning
10 Ways to Protect Yourself from a Double Dip
Life will always throw you curves. Just keep fouling them off. . . the right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases. ~ Rick Maksian Update: This article was included in the 265th Carnival of Personal Finance posted at Funny about Money. Thank you! There’s been plenty of debate…
Interest Rates: 2010 Mid-Year Review
It’s better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up. ~ Joseph Joubert Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Financial Planning #150 posted at Military Finance. Thank you! I’m going to try to raise some of the key issues that might affect interest rates…
Financial Priorities: Focus vs. Diffusion
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ~ Jennifer Yane Update: This article is featured in the Money Hackers Blog Carnival #109 posted at Maximizing Money. Thank you! I’ve written a lot of “vs.” posts comparing various financial priorities like RRSPs vs. TFSAs and RRSPs…
Financial Literacy Is Like Green Eggs and Ham
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. ~ Bill Beattie Update #1: This post was included in the Carnival of…
5 Financial Toxins and Antidotes
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. ~ John Kenneth Galbraith Update: This post is featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance – Women in History Edition posted at Simply Forties. Thanks! I mentioned at the end…
Why Is Personal Finance a Hot Topic Now?
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. ~ Confucius Update: This post is featured in the Carnival of Financial Planning #153 posted at The Skilled Investor. Thanks! I know many of you (along with some members of my family) would probably answer the title question with something like: “It’s not…
