Investments

Book Review & Giveaway: “Your Money Ratios”

Your Money Ratios is a book by Charles Farrell. Your Money Ratios can help you get a better handle on your finances. Publisher: The Penguin Group.  Hard cover. 257-pages. Price: $26. Author: Charles Farrell, JD., LL.M., investment adviser with Northstar Investment Advisors, in Denver. He writes the “Retirement Roadmap” column for CBS Moneywatch. Review: “Your Money […]

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The Samurai Fund – All Hands On Deck!

With great pleasure, I announce the launch of The Samurai Fund! Thesis: Through random selection based solely off permutations of reader’s names (personal or site title), we are able to create a long-only mutual fund that will outperform the S&P 500 index! Fund Details: $1,672,003 billion launch, $100/share NAV, with 17 positions equally weighted.  Concentrated

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The World Stock Markets Are Crashing & You’re Going Shopping?!

Back in November 2009, the world stock markets were crashing. I wrote this post back then because I kept coming across people who were not clued into what was happening in the global economies. They were busy going shopping for unnecessary things instead. Who would have thought that one of the most glitzy countries in

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I Saved $2.1 Million On Lunch – A Sit Down With Warren Buffett

If I could have lunch with anyone, it would be Warren Buffett. His financial journey and investing prowess are inspirational. Alas, I don’t have any direct connections to Warren Buffett. Nor do I have enough wealth to buy a lunch meeting with him. But thanks to CNBC, I felt like I did in a great

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Party Like It’s 1999! 10 Takeaways From This Recession

This post was originally published on October 15, 2009, during the global financial crisis. In the past 10 years we’ve come full circle and finally re—re–breached Dow 10,000 yesterday!  Bust out the party hats and call up your favorite car dealer, because money is now raining from the sky!  I fully admit that being defensive

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Your Net Worth Is An Illusion, Sorry To Spoil Your Delusion!

Your net worth is an illusion. Unless your house is fully paid for, and unless you can access your retirement accounts and liquidate your business today, your net worth is not real.   Although we’ve recovered quite a long way since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, we can never fully count on the full value of

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Get Rich In September & Buy Nothing!

I declare September frugality month. If I’ve learned anything from my 20+ years working, it’s that September and October are generally dicey months for people’s fortunes. September has historically been the worst performing month for stocks on average since 1950. 9/11 wasn’t good, neither was September 15, 2008 when Lehman declared bankruptcy. The expression, “Sell In

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