As many employees working for a large company do these days, I get a laptop issued by the company. You are not supposed to use it for personal business, but I'm not that good in strict compliance. Sometimes I put personal documents on it just for [...]
FidSafe: Online Safe Deposit Box From Fidelity
This was buried in the same letter from Fidelity which announced free trades on 5 additional iShares ETFs: FidSafe®: Manage your and your family's finances by safely storing, organizing, and accessing digital copies of important financial, [...]
Mint and Personal Capital vs Quicken and Microsoft Money
Reader Andrew read my series on looking for alternatives to Microsoft Money (I ended up staying with Microsoft Money after all). He asked me why I use a desktop application such as Microsoft Money or Quicken as opposed to a new generation web and [...]
Pound Foolish: Money Gurus Will Not Solve All Your Money Problems
Every year many books on money and finance are published. Only few gain publicity. When you hear or see an author interviewed on radio and TV or read reviews in national newspapers or magazines, think about the terrific job done by the author's and [...]
A Social Security Owner’s Manual by Jim Blankenship
Jim Blankenship is a Certified Financial Planner, Enrolled Agent, and the owner of Blankenship Financial Planning in Illinois. I have been following his blog Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row for some time. I also referred to his online [...]
Book Review: The Power of Passive Investing by Rick Ferri
Rick Ferri is the founder of a Michigan investment advisory firm Portfolio Solutions. I came to know Rick from his postings on the Bogleheads Investment Forum. When the PR person for the publisher contacted me about Rick's new book The Power of [...]
Book Review: Can I Retire? by Mike Piper
I forget how I got to know Mike Piper. Maybe from his comments on or links to my blog? Maybe from his posts to the Bogleheads investment forum? Mike is the blogger at Oblivious Investor. He writes a "100 pages or less" series of books that [...]
Book Review: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan by Larry Swedroe
Larry Swedroe is a well known financial advisor. He wrote at least eight books on investing. I read and liked most of his previous books. The Only Guide You'll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan is a new book published in August 2010. In this [...]
Book Review: Comeback America
Are you concerned about the deficit and the national debt? I am. Very concerned. One of my biggest fears is that despite my hard work and diligent savings, my accumulated savings will be decimated by inflation and currency devaluation because of high [...]
