Soon high school seniors will start receiving their college acceptance letters. This week's issue of The Economist has an article discussing the results of a PayScale study of the relationship between the financial return on investment (ROI) of a … [Read the rest]
We've all heard of the power of compound interest. We've all heard of Benjamin Franklin. But have you heard of the story where Ben Franklin let his money compound quietly for 200 years? Here's an excerpt from the book The Elements of … [Read the rest]
Back in 2007, I wrote about cast iron skillets as the ultimate frugal cookware? To this day, I still think they can play a regular role in the home kitchen. America's Test Kitchen (ATK) has recently released to free e-mail newsletter subscribers … [Read the rest]
Schwab just sent me an e-mail with the subject "The wait is over. The future of investing is here." That boast means their new automated portfolio advisory platform called Schwab Intelligent Portfolios (SIP) is now opening accounts, meeting their … [Read the rest]
Weekly business newspaper Barron's just released their 2015 annual broker survey rankings. Here's a snippet that helps explain their perspective and readership (emphasis mine): To pinpoint 2015’s top brokers, we analyzed not just their security, … [Read the rest]
I always keep track of the Vanguard Target Retirement 20XX Funds because: They are a low-cost, broadly-diversified, "all-in-one" fund that I think are a good starting point for both beginning investors and those desiring simplicity. I have … [Read the rest]
In the recent movie The Gambler, a loanshark named Frank explains the Position of F- You to gambler Jim Bennett. (Played by actor John Goodman.) Warning: Lots of explicit language ahead! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1qFqsQZXfo (Embedded … [Read the rest]
Many people want to take advantage of the tax benefits of 529 college savings accounts, but don't want to deal with the volatility of stocks or bonds. Perhaps the beneficiary will need the funds soon, or you want the security of FDIC insurance. … [Read the rest]
Discover started with one credit card. Over the years, they expanded to a bunch of different cards. Back in 2013, they nuked all of them and started fresh again with the Discover it. But you know that simplicity never suits large … [Read the rest]
Follow-up on Costco dropping American Express. Costco has announced that it will only accept Visa credit cards at its stores starting April 1, 2016. American Express credit cards will no longer be accepted on that date. Customers can still use … [Read the rest]
Berkshire Hathaway has released their 2014 Letter to Shareholders [pdf]. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Warren Buffett taking over the company (1965-2015), both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger wrote separate letters discussing both the … [Read the rest]
Imagine that it is 1935, and the US has just survived the Great Depression. You think to yourself - if a company can survive this, it's got to be pretty solid. So you buy equal amounts of stock from 30 of the largest US companies, and hold them... … [Read the rest]
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