Archive for April, 2009
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009I have been reading (again) Dale Carnegie’s awesome book, How to Win Friends & Influence People*. If you haven’t yet read this book, you should give it a shot. Listed below is a summary of what the book is about. The book is divided into three parts with principles for each part. I have added [...]
Bonds Beat Stocks by Factor of 11 Times From 1981 to 2009
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009I just read an interesting article by Paul Ferrell over at MarketWatch. Here’s the interesting part: Bonds beat stocks by factor of 11 times from 1981 to 2009 Yes, and you’d have been 11 times richer. Listen closely to Shilling‘s analysis of the past 28 years. In his Insight newsletter he compares the performance of [...]
Congrats to Allan Roth for Getting His Book Reviewed in the NY Times!
Monday, April 13th, 2009Allan Roth’s book, How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street*, was reviewed in Sunday’s New York Times! That’s pretty sweet if you ask me. Anyway, you can read the review here: Off the Shelf – Advice in Two New Books, but Not From Talking Heads. My friend Ron over at the Wisdom Journal also reviewed [...]
SmartMoney (or Maybe DumbMoney): Is the Index Fund Dead?
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Just got my May issue of SmartMoney. On page 15 of the magazine is an article titled, “Is the Index Fund Dead? With the S&P going nowhere for 10 years, some index investors look for other options.” (Sorry, there’s no link yet) From the article: It’s heresy to academics, and we can already hear the [...]
I Want My Kids (and Myself) to Live This Poem
Sunday, April 12th, 2009I was reading John Maxwell’s classic book, Developing the Leader Within You*, last night and came across this poem that really resonated with me and I thought I would share it with you: “Am I True to Myself?” by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for [...]
This is One Crappy Car Loan! Lessons on How NOT to Buy a Car!
Friday, April 10th, 2009I received this email earlier today: Hi! I’ve been subscribing to AFM for quite some time now and I really appreciate almost all of your blog posts. My room mate just bought a car yesterday and because he has little to no credit (and may have been an easy target) got a 24.99% 6 year [...]
A Vote for “Coolest Employer of the Year”
Friday, April 10th, 2009An AFM reader sent this to me this morning: Nichole Kern expected bad news when her employer unexpectedly announced a staff meeting Thursday afternoon. Her husband’s workweek has been shortened, and bad economic news seems to be everywhere. The couple are expecting and thrilled about the arrival of their baby girl in June, but that [...]
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