Last week, an acquaintance of mine had her purse stolen. In it, she had her whole life of personal finance stuff: IDs, credit cards, etc. Within hours, whoever stole it had used her cards, and she has had to spend hours each day since battling the theft by calling banks, writing letter, etc. It is [...]
What to Do if You’ve Lost Money on Investments
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This guest post was written by the Investorz’ Blog. We’ve all lost money from investments before, whether it’s in the stock market, commodities, etc. It’s impossible to never lose money. Losing money can be a very painful experience. But the important thing is to how to overcome this pain, and emerge as a better investor [...]
Building a Diversified Bond Portfolio
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Everyone has heard the saying ‘you need to diversify’. You hear about it for your portfolio as a whole – diversify in stocks and bonds. There are even some handy simple calculations to figure out how to do it (subtract you age from 100, and that is how much you should invest in stocks). You [...]
5 Worst IRA Mistakes Made Everyday
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Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are great vehicles for investing in for retirement. However, as with anything the government creates, they don’t always make it easy to navigate the ins-and-outs of the product. If you currently have an IRA, or are thinking about starting to invest in an IRA, make sure that you don’t do these [...]
June Check-In: 2011 Goals
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At the beginning of the year, I set out some goals for myself. Here is how I’m doing, including updates from my April 2011 College Investor Goals Check-In. Goals for 2011: Alexa Ranking: My original goal was to get below 200,000 before the end of March, and that was achieved, so in April I lowered [...]
College Investor Portfolio Check-In – June 2011
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If you haven’t checked in a while, here is how my College Investor Portfolio is doing! I’m currently beating the S&P 500 by 21.93% this year. What is really exciting is that I started the portfolio almost exactly 1 year ago, so that my annual return actually is about 37.62%. Not too shabby! You can [...]
Worst Case Scenario: Not Raising The Debt Ceiling
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A few weeks ago I asked if Anything Was Really Unexpected? One of my philosophies from that article was really thinking about possible worst case scenarios. One of the biggest uncertainties that is currently rattling the stock market and economy is the US Congress’s failure to address the debt ceiling. So, what would happen if [...]
Yakezie June Blog Swap Round-Up
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I was lucky enough to put together the Yakezie June Blog Swap this week! I choose a fun topic: If you had one financial do-over, what would it be and why? Thank you to all the sites that participated! Here are my favorites from the swap: 1. Melissa from Mom’s Plans shares her biggest financial [...]
If You Had One Financial Do-Over, What Would It Be and Why?
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Suba blogs at Wealth Informatics which provides information empowering debt reduction, financial planning, informed consumerism, savvy investing, fun & frugal living leading to financial freedom. You can read my post about my biggest financial mistake over at Wealth Informatics today! So this week, thanks to Yakezie blog swap, the financial genie is visiting all our [...]
The Benefits of a Personalized Energy Saving Plan
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It’s been a long, cold winter for Britain with many of us receiving more than our fair share of snow and ice, but the emergence of daffodils and the gradual rise in temperature is a welcome reminder that summer isn’t far away. For a lot of people this will mean turning off their radiators and [...]
The Power of a Well Written Letter
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In this day and age when phones and email are so prevalent, many people forget the power of a well written letter. Yet, in so many important matters of life, we send out mail correspondence: graduations, weddings, showers, etc. It is important to remember the power that a well written letter can have, and also [...]
Carnival of Passive Investing: Do’s and Don’ts Edition
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The Carnival of Passive Investing focuses on articles and research in passive investing strategies (i.e. mutual funds, ETFs, etc.). For this edition, we were lucky enough to be able to have Rick Ferri, author of The Power of Passive Investing, to judge the top posts submitted to the carnival. Rick, the author of six investment [...]
