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Fear of Admitting Investing Mistakes Can Cause Bigger Investing Mistakes

The worst mistake you can make is to fail to admit your mistakes because of a desire to escape the emotional pain that comes with doing so. read more »
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Adjustable Rate Mortgages – You’re Kidding Right?

Are people still taking adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs? Apparently so. Here are seven reasons why they're a BAD deal... read more »
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Are You Preparing for Non-Retirement?

No matter how well prepared you might be, if your economic future is threatened in the last decade and a half of your working years all of your retir[...] read more »
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Are You Emotionally Invested in Stocks?

Money is the fuel you use to power your effort to live a more fulfilled life. When the voice on the radio says “stock prices fell hard today,” the wo[...] read more »
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You Should Be Rooting for Stock Prices to Fall

Most of us invest in stocks hoping for strong returns. We are focused on the wrong thing. The return we obtain matters, but not as much as we think. [...] read more »
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A Clash of Investing Faiths

Buy-and-Hold is the most dangerous Get Rich Quick scheme ever concocted..here's an alternative... read more »
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Five Reasons the 30 Year Mortgage Beats the 15

I’m one of the rare examples of personal finance bloggers who see the 30 year mortgage as the better option than the 15 year loan for most homeowners[...] read more »
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What Should You Invest in If You are Afraid to Invest in Stocks?

You obviously don’t want to invest heavily in stocks while prices are crashing. But please don’t make the mistake of coming to the conclusion that th[...] read more »
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Micro-frugality VS. Macro-frugality


What are micro- and macro-frugality, and what implications do they have on our finances?
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Are Retirees Better Off Renting than Owning a Home?

What’s the difference between paying a mortgage and paying rent? Not much! When you’re a tenant, paying rent enables you to live in a home; when you [...] read more »
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10 Important Things to Get Right With Investing

Set forth below is a list of ten powerful insights brought to us by the smart and good and hardworking people who developed the Buy-and-Hold concept. read more »
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Why Stock Market Timing Scares Us

Market timing is the answer. For those of us willing to engage in market timing, stock returns are highly predictable and thus stocks are a high-retu[...] read more »
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What Is Passive Investing?

A passive investor is an investor who elects not to take some action that other investors do elect to take. But what is this thing that passive inves[...] read more »
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Do We Get Taken When We Buy Stocks?

In the end, the people we by stocks from are sales people! We need to be more skeptical of the claims made by people who make a living persuading us [...] read more »
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The Three Faces of Wall Street

Stock investors are their own worst enemies. We love us some Get Rich Quick...but it can't work, not for long. read more »
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