Money matters! And when it comes to money matters, there seems to be all sorts of people giving advice. Who to trust and who to believe? I’m a strong proponent for picking carefully who you take financial advice from.
Most “financial planners” are book-smart, but not actually wealthy. You want to listen to those who’ve already done what you want to do. I’m not yet a multi-millionaire, so take what I have with a grain of salt. If it sounds truthful, do some research. I’ll do my best to share what I’ve learned, and point you to people like Dave Ramsey – a wealthy and honest advisor.
I recently read this news story about the $17 Billion dollars that President Obama is seeking to cut out of the U.S. budget. Here’s the link to the news story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090507/pl_nm/us_obama_budget
On the surface, $17 Billion seems like a huge amount of money. The problem is that the government now is so ridiculously big that we’re dealing [...]
Bull Market, Bear Market, dollar-cost-averaging, diversification…
I’d like to add one term to the lexicon — “BULL-oney”.
Americans have watched over 2 Trillion dollars in retirement funds and savings disappear in the last few weeks. Poof! And what are the “experts” telling you now?
“Don’t worry. It will recover. Just stay in for the long haul.”
Well, unfortunately [...]
