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. 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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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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The most overrated business is the restaurant business. Here are some of the most overrated businesses to start according to Kelly Spors and Kevin Salwen from the Yahoo Small Businesses page: Restaurant Direct Sales From Home On-line Retail High-End Retail Independent Consulting Franchise Ownership Traffic-Driven Websites i.e. Financial Samurai, but also Facebook! Millions have lost
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There are press reports that Bernie Madoff has cancer and doesn’t have many years left to live. If this is the case, does Bernie win in the end? For decades, Bernie has been pilfering his clients for millions, and living far beyond his wildest dreams. Bernie Madoff’s $450 Million “Win” Let’s say that through an honest
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In a bull market, everybody is a financial genius. Be careful thinking you are smarting than you really are. Confusing brains with a bull market is one of the easiest ways to lose a lot of money. During a bull market, it’s important to properly assess your investment risk profile. You may be investing way
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Be your own fund manager if you want to make money. By the time Baidu, the “Google of China” went public, venture capital firm Draper Fisher’s 28% stake was worth over $1 billion dollars by the end of the trading day. Not a bad return considering their likely sub-$50 million investment just years ago! In
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Yes, I know I’m being a tad bit facetious here, but not really. After getting US$45 billion in government aid, the US government and we the people of America own roughly 36% of Citigroup. The interesting debate is whether Citigroup employee, Andrew J Hall should be paid his $100 million bonus as described in his
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I came across an intriguing article with a secret on getting set for life. Study hard, get good grades, nail your SATs, and get into one of the top 20 schools. Or if you weren’t scared off by the college admissions scandal, you could bribe your way in. But of course only you can decide
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The S&P 500 index has rallied 40%+ from its March 2009 low, and is up 8% Year To Date. Despite this solid performance, unemployment has surged to 9.7%, and many forecast the increase will continue until 11-13% unemployment. We’ve got 12% unemployment here in California already. The question I have is: How high can the
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