I saw an article about retirement planning in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, and it's a great example of the poor insight and analysis we often use as our main source of "financial …
How Quickly Your Returns Disappear
Is earning 10% a lot? Heck, yeah! But… what is the 10% referring to? Is that your actual return, or is that your return before fees, taxes, and inflation? I enjoyed this article from today's NY …
Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Take No Risk But Get 40% of the Reward?
Well, it must be. The only way I know to do that is to be the IRS. Seriously. Taxes are a big "problem" that changes the real-world equation for buying and selling stocks. Let's say you start …
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Empty Words
I saw an article about retirement planning in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, and it's a great example of the poor insight and analysis we often use as our main source of "financial …
The Trick to Getting Started Investing
This morning I'm thinking about key points of the Elephant's Paycheck Blueprint. I'm always working to fine-tune how I introduce people to what I'm trying to share. What's the trick to getting started …
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Top 4 Investing Myths
Yeah, I know four is a weird number. But, I hear this stuff so often when I tell people about the Elephant's Paycheck that I had to share. Stock Price "I love Apple, but at $500 a share it's …