Comments on: New Diehards in the Vanguard Forum http://thefinancebuff.com/new-diehards-in-vanguard-forum.html like a friend telling you about money ... Sun, 20 May 2012 11:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: indexfundfan http://thefinancebuff.com/new-diehards-in-vanguard-forum.html#comment-78 indexfundfan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:35:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=79#comment-78 I made the comment above but somehow my name came up wrongly as indexfund. I made the comment above but somehow my name came up wrongly as indexfund.

]]> By: Indexfund http://thefinancebuff.com/new-diehards-in-vanguard-forum.html#comment-77 Indexfund Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:33:00 +0000 http://blog.thefinancebuff.com/?p=79#comment-77 Great post. <br/><br/>I also like the part (not mentioned in the blog post above) that you made in M*:<br/><br/><i>When you have a choice between supporting a community owned and operated forum and supporting a for-profit corporation, the choice is clear: support the community. The reasons Taylor mentioned in the top post indicate behavioral mistakes mentioned in the Bogleheads Guide and other personal finance books, namely sunk cost fallacy and status quo bias.<br/><br/>"The Morningstar forum has the name, reputation, history, archives, and a tie-in with The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing. We also cannot forget that M* gave birth to the Diehards and that they were our host at Diehards III."<br/><br/>Any "debt" the community owed to Morningstar for hosting the forum and Diehards III were paid many times over by the ad dollars the community generated for Morningstar. </i> Great post.

I also like the part (not mentioned in the blog post above) that you made in M*:

When you have a choice between supporting a community owned and operated forum and supporting a for-profit corporation, the choice is clear: support the community. The reasons Taylor mentioned in the top post indicate behavioral mistakes mentioned in the Bogleheads Guide and other personal finance books, namely sunk cost fallacy and status quo bias.

“The Morningstar forum has the name, reputation, history, archives, and a tie-in with The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing. We also cannot forget that M* gave birth to the Diehards and that they were our host at Diehards III.”

Any “debt” the community owed to Morningstar for hosting the forum and Diehards III were paid many times over by the ad dollars the community generated for Morningstar.

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