Archive for August, 2010
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Here is an email interview I conducted with Larry Swedroe, author of lots of books on personal finance and investing, including his newest book, The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan. This was a great interview. If you agree, PLEASE share this with your friends (whether they be on facebook, twitter, [...]
Misleading Napoleon Hill Infomercial
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Imagine that…a misleading infomercial! Last night, immediately following The Willis Report, an infomercial came on promoting Napoleon Hill’s “The Law of Sucess.” The guy selling the book claimed that he was the only one selling this book. This is misleading. Why? Because I have a copy of “The Law of Success” and Amazon sells several [...]
Happiness
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Beth sent me a link to this article: But Will It Make You Happy? It’s a long article but it is at least interesting. Here are a few highlights: She had so much. A two-bedroom apartment. Two cars. Enough wedding china to serve two dozen people. Yet Tammy Strobel wasn’t happy. Working as a project [...]
A Brief Look at Obama’s Student Loan Overhaul
Monday, August 9th, 2010I’m watching The Willis Report. She opened tonight’s show by talking about student loans (Part 1 and Part 2). She displayed a graphic with a few of Obama’s ideas for overhauling student loans: • Cap loan payments at 10% of adjusted income. • Forgive remaining balances after 20 years of repayment. • Provide $2.6 billion [...]
GIVEAWAY: Larry Swedroe’s “The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan”
Monday, August 9th, 2010I’m excited about the latest book giveaway here at AFM. I have three copies of Larry Swedroe’s The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan: Managing Your Wealth, Risk, and Investments (Bloomberg)* to give away (review to follow). This is Larry’s latest book. I’m not completely finished reading the book but what [...]
Announcing the Winner of “The College Solution” Giveaway
Monday, August 9th, 2010Here is the winner of “The College Solution” giveaway I had announced right before AFM was taken down by my host. The winner is commenter #6, DKK. I have another giveaway that I’ll announce later today. Stay tuned…
YTD Total Returns for the S&P 500, S&P Midcap 400, and S&P Smallcap 600
Friday, August 6th, 2010Here are the year-to-date total returns for the S&P 500, Midcap 400, and Smallcap 600 through July, 2010: Reported today: July saw 131,000 in job losses (though the private sector added 71,000 jobs).
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