Book Review: Smart Tips for Estate Planning

Estate planning is not just for people who are old or have lots of money. Estate planning is for everyone.

~ Jim Yih & Marvin Toy

If you’re anything like me, estate planning ranks somewhere between going to the dentist and cleaning out the garage on the motivation scale. But it deserves to place much higher in light of its importance to the future well-being of your [...] Continue reading Book Review: Smart Tips for Estate Planning





Risk vs. Reward: The Ultimate Calculation

Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment’s an ambush.

~ Horace

Update: Thanks to the Mighty Bargain Hunter for including this article in the Carnival of Personal Finance: Unanswered Questions Edition.

You’re at a fork in the road. Which way do you go? We face decisions every moment of the day. Some are more important than others. Should I [...] Continue reading Risk vs. Reward: The Ultimate Calculation





Book Review: Enough Bull

People on commission cannot be trusted.

~ David Trahair, Enough Bull, p. 121

This book came out in August of 2009. By that time, the market tailspin had finally subsided and many investors have since felt comfortable diving back into the investment pool. David Trahair would probably advise against that.

This book was billed as “the one book your bank really does not want you to read”. When [...] Continue reading Book Review: Enough Bull





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