There are so many ways to invest successfully that the most important thing is to just pick something reasonable and stick with it. But it’s key to know which approach to take and why you’re picking that option.
I've had a number of requests to discuss my own asset allocation, as if there is something magical about it. A true internet sleuth would have found it already, as it has been posted before, but it w...
I recently received a request from a reader that I write a bit about municipal bonds. I'm not a huge fan of municipal bonds for several reasons I'll list out below, but first, a brief description for...
By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder This is part of an ongoing series evaluating the merits of popular static asset allocation portfolios. I had heard vaguely of this portfolio, and then had it recomme...
I've learned a few things recently as a result of becoming an unintentional landlord. After trying to sell my previous home for well over a year without success, I turned it into a rental property. ...
I think I live in the scam capital of the world. It seems not a month goes by that some local pyramid scheme isn't uncovered. There are even billboards on the freeway teaching residents how to avoid...
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Peer-to-peer lending as an investment is new, and there isn't much data out there. To make things worse, the companies occasionally tweak their methods for rating loans, their methods to decide who th...
Jeremy Grantham's firm GMO makes a monthly "7-year Forecast" which has been reasonably accurate over the years. It is primarily valuation based. For example, here's the most recent one: These are esti...
[FOUNDER'S NOTE: Reading Bill Bernstein's 4 Pillars of Investing changed my financial life. I've since followed his writings and career and even met him at a Bogleheads Convention. He agreed to write...
The best way to manage individual stock (or bond) risk is to have a diversified portfolio. Here are the five biggest errors I see in portfolios with respect to diversification and how to solve them.
How much money will you need to retire? Here are 9 reasons it may be a lot less money than you think.
Remember when you were a second year medical student studying for the USMLE? There was a company out there that made a series of books entitled "High Yield _____________". There was High-yield Embryol...
This is another in my series of reviews on popular fixed asset allocation portfolios. Bill Schultheis is well known to many of you as the author of The Coffee House Investor, perhaps the most readable...
Each investor ought to develop his own fixed asset allocation and stick with it, rebalancing to maintain appropriate risk levels. It is valuable to see different portfolios and their pros and cons, so...
I've said "Stay the course" a thousand times, and I meant it every time. It doesn't matter if stocks are up or down, stay the course!
Gold! Gold! Gold! It seems you can't look anywhere these days without someone talking about gold and how you should melt down your jewelry and sell it or buy some to protect your portfolio. Many w...
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