Jonathan Clements
« Previous EntriesA review of Jonathan Clements’ “The Little Book of Main Street Money”
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Wiley’s Little Book series is a wee bit confusing in that there’s The Little Book That Beats the Market*, which is a stock-picking book. Then, in the same series there’s John Bogle’s The Little Book of Common Sense Investing*, a book essentially about indexing or passive investing. So, you read one book and [...]
How NOT to Conduct an Interview
Friday, June 12th, 2009I’m working on a review of Jonathan Clements’ new book, The Little Book of Main Street Money. While I’m doing that, watch this interview Jonathan did on Getting Your Money’s Worth. Try and count how many times Jonathan is cut off mid-sentence.
Jonathan Clements on Getting Your Money’s Worth with Judith West
I still haven’t [...]
Jonathan Clements on the Credit Crisis and Current Economy
Thursday, January 8th, 2009In early December I received an email from an AFM reader. This is what he said:
Dear JLP,
I have wondered for some time now whether Clements, who I consider the most calm and reassuring voice around, could be persuaded to comment in public about our current economy. You mentioned recently he had sent [...]
Some Interesting Findings From a myFi Survey
Friday, October 31st, 2008Jonathan Clements, former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and now the Director of Financial Guidance at myFi.com, sent me a copy of the press release for a recent survey that was conducted for his firm.
Here are some of the findings:
If the current financial crisis were a baseball game, the typical American thinks we’re at [...]
Sad News: Jonathan Clement’s LAST Column for the Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008My Wednesday morning ritual is coming to an end. Every Wednesday for the past 11 or years, I have made it a point to check out what Jonathan Clements had to say in his Getting Going column. I opened today’s paper to find out that this morning’s column titled, Parting Shot: What I [...]
Who Makes the Investment Decisions in Your Household?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Here’s today’s Question of the Day:
Who makes the investment decisions in your household?
I got the idea for this question from Jonathan Clement’s Getting Going column titled He Invests, She Invests: Who Gets the Better Returns? (free), in today’s Wall Street Journal. The column looked at the differences in the investment style of men and [...]
12 Ways to Make Your Kids Financially Savvy (Advice From Jonathan Clements)
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Jonathan Clements wrote a great article in yesterday’s WSJ titled 12 Ways to Make Your Kids Financially Savvy ($). I have highlighted Jonathan’s “12 Ways” and added my thoughts to each one. Jonathan does state at the beginning of his article that not everyone will agree with his methods, so keep that in [...]
Keep Thy Emotions In Check - Advice From Jonathan Clements
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Do market drops make you want to “do something?” Something like sell EVERYTHING and move your money to a CD or sell the one stock or mutual that is down and put that money in something that’s performing better? Sure, we all talk about keeping our emotions in check when it comes to [...]
Index Mutual Funds or Exchange-Traded Funds? How About Both!
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Yesterday’s Getting Going column, Spicy or Mild? When ETFs Are Better Than Index Funds (free), in the Wall Street Journal took a look at investing in index mutual funds vs. exchange-traded funds. Jonathan recommends using both:
Use index mutual funds for accounts you’re regularly adding to or drawing on, while stashing longer-term money in exchange-traded [...]
Protecting Your Ass(ets) Should You End Up In Court
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Cute title, eh?
Today’s Getting Going column, Protecting Your Assets in Case You Find Yourself in Court (Free), reminded me of my own story…
Several years ago I was involved in a fairly minor fender-bender. The lady that I ran into (the accident was my fault) got out of the car and was [...]