Posted in Investing on Mar 8th, 2010
A few years ago I opened a Roth IRA account with Vanguard because they are the best place for index fund guys like myself. I built my portfolio with some basics: S&P index fund (VFINX) International stuff (VGTSX) Mid cap stuff (VIMSX) Not a bad mix—maybe too much stock (100%, actually)—but I was young and [...]
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Posted in alternative income on Mar 3rd, 2010
Personal finance is kind of like breakfast—it’s crucial to get your day off to a good start, but you don’t want to be having breakfast all day long. This isn’t Seinfeld—you eat breakfast and then you move on to lunch and dinner. And right now I feel like I’ve been eating Corn Pops and orange [...]
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Posted in Good Reads on Mar 2nd, 2010
For those of you that don’t know, I often try to market myself as the “Michael Lewis of personal finance.” Don’t believe me? Here is my author signature over on Wisebread: See? I told you. And if it was totally up to me, I’d sign off with something like this: Call it a bromance or [...]
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