Comments on: Who’s Your Favorite/Least Favorite Financial “Guru?”

By: FW

FW — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:11:46 +0000

Favorites for passive investors: Bogle, Lucia, Stein- for sound, commonsense, diverse low-cost investing and sage non-promotional advice. Can’t beat ‘em.

Favorites for active investors: William O’Neill

Least favorite: Kiyosaki. Hands down, ’nuff said.

Surprise runner up: Cramer. You heard right. Oddly enough, he gets people interested in money and in taking an interest in their financial future. He’s smart and interesting. Please – just know enough to never actually take his advice, ok?

Guilty pleasure: Ramsey and Orman – is there nothing more to life than FICO scores and credit card debt? How repetitive. These two are the preachy “Dr Laura and Dr Phil” of personal finance. Ahh.. but some folks need to be told.

Honorable Mention: The CNBC ladies – Maria Bartiromo, Melissa Lee, Melissa Fracis, Erin Burdett.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:16:35 +0000

And if we’re talking about Chatzky’s legs–how ABOUT those thighs!! MASSIVE. HAMHOCKS!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:15:06 +0000

As for Chatzky’s ‘Legs” really people. The legs are the last to go. Anyone can go back and look at old photos and see clearly she’s had work done and a major time face lift. I ‘d bet on lipo, too, given how smaller she got so fast.
I’ll take Erin Barnett –who is natural and isn’t being corrected constantly by her colleagues, as Chatzky is–anytime. The legs are a great feature on her but NOT her best—that’s the mark of a truly beautiful woman. Who WILL age well. WITHOUT “help”.

By: Carlos Rosario

Carlos Rosario — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:43:36 +0000

Dave Ireland Should be included. This guy wrote an ebook called Invest In Your Debt that completely changed my life. Didn’t want to sell anything else. He just shows you exactly how to live a more pragmatic life and become a millionaire in the same amount of time that it would have otherwise taken you to pay off a conventional mortgage. He really knows what he’s talking about, extremely passionate about his mission to eliminate debt on the planet Earth and just wants to help people.

By: Mike Turner

Mike Turner — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:10:58 +0000

I was in debt up to my ears. I finaly had enough and bought Dave Ramseys book. With a lot of hard work I was able to get debt free with in 3years.. You can to.

-Mike

By: gbf

gbf — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:22:17 +0000

Ramsey does use the Bible in his presentation, but his main pitch (to pastors) is to run all your congretation through his Financial Peace program and it will increase contributions to your church budget. When Jesus chases the money changers from the church, Dave will be the first to go. Other than that, his financial teachings are weak and he tends to preach to the down and outters who do not understand that debt provides beneficial leverage. Most reasonable people understand that unsecured loans are just plain stupid, but Dave condemns all debt–even secured debt like mortgages and that is stretching Bible teachings to his own advantage.

By: Dave_Fan

Dave_Fan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:32:08 +0000

For everyone who posts on this site, here’s a news flash. Dave’s ideas aren’t Dave’s ideas. Everything you hear him say comes straight from the bible. He’d be the first one to tell you that. God is using him to help me and you understand His word. Dave Ramsey went through his struggles so you and I wouldn’t have to. People who try to discredit him or call him a hypocrite should look again. Let me ask you a question. Would you seek auto repair advice from a guy who’s never worked on a car? I know I wouldn’t. The next time someone tells you bankruptcy is a good alternative, ask them when was the last time they filed. I’ll bet it’s never. The fact that Dave went through bankruptcy doesn’t make him a hypocrite. It only makes him knowledgeable enough to give us good advice.

God bless you Dave!

By: inside scoop

inside scoop — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:25:22 +0000

the Dave Ramsey show– that’s dirty Money– beware of the fakes!

By: Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:35:27 +0000

Tiny Hands, I’m sorry to inform you of this, but you’re the one who is wrong here. It’s not a debate and it’s not a “we’ll have to agree to disagree” situation. You’re just plain wrong, and yes, people can still be just plain wrong from time to time. It doesn’t mean we can’t be friends and it doesn’t mean I’m ripping you personally. It just means you’re wrong on this particular issue.

Has Dave refused to help people on-air before? Sure! Is it possible that you heard a call where she said “I’m a muslim/jew/hindu” in the midst of a bunch of other “I’m not ready to make changes to my lifestyle” type talk and in the middle Dave just got sick of the second part and dropped the call? Absolutely, but the “he refused to help her because she doesn’t believe the way he does” part is something your mind manufactured, quite possible because of your biased against Dave or his beliefs or both.

Dave has never, ever, ever refused help to someone based solely on their religious beliefs. Ever. Didn’t happen and I’ll write a $1,000 check to the charity of your choice if you can prove otherwise. Your comments are just ridiculous, BTW.

And now for my votes.

My favorite: I’m a little biased, but I’m going with Dave. Shocker, I know.

Least favorite: You know I can’t go there… diplomacy baby!

By: English Major

English Major — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:41:22 +0000

My favorite is Dave Ramsey. I posted about this pretty recently, how it’s weird that he’s basically my antithesis as a human, but I adore him. I think he’s incredibly insightful and great with focusing on the human and not just the financial problem.

I’m also a big fan of Ben Stein. He’s reasonable, gentle-but-firm, and like Dave Ramsey, he’s very focused on the way money management is a manifestation of other personal attributes–I think of this as the “whole person” theory of personal finance.

I hate, hate, hatehatehate Robert Kiyosaki. I read his articles on Yahoo! Finance occasionally, and they make me want to punch things. It’s just…aaargh. The greasy, smug delivery, the “I know something yoooouuu don’t know” of the whole thing…yuck. Not to mention how the advice is bad. That too.