I’m adding a “misinformed” category to my blog. This is inspired by a post by Samerwriter — Common Personal Finance Myths — which challenged quite a few conventional wisdoms. I also often find myself shaking my head when I read personal finance articles on newspapers, magazines, and some of the popular but misinformed blogs. I [...]
The financial market had a small scare at the end of February. A 10% drop in the Chinese stock market induced a 400-point drop in the Dow. Recent turmoil in subprime lending had the market go down and then up. I don’t know or care where the market is going, but I did take the [...]
It’s close to that time again. The Treasury Department will announce a new fixed rate and the inflation adjustment for I Bonds on May 1, 2007. The inflation adjustment will be known for sure on April 17, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics announces the CPI data for March 2007. At this time, we have [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance #93 is up at Tired But Happy. My entry was Picking Stocks Is a Waste of Time. I haven’t gone through the entire carnival yet, but I’m sure there are many good posts as usual.
EDIT: I see there is a similar entry Searching for superior investment fund managers is a waste [...]
