I am re-reading (again) “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” by Burton Malkiel (2012 edition), the investing classic that champions buying and holding index funds for investors rather than trying to beat…
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Day 198: Personal Finance Books I Read Again andĀ Again
Okay, first let’s deal with the pink elephant in the metaphorical room. Any blog post with the words “personal finance books” and “read again and again” in the title belongs screams personal finance…
Day 188: Malkiel’s Introduction to Treacherous Derivatives
So I finished “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.” I am quite appreciative of this book. Yet I admit it surprises me a little bit that the father of the index fund…
Day 181: Back to Investing Basics
In re-reading “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” I am reminded of the basics of how to succeed as a long-term, buy-and-hold index fund investor. These basics could be summarized as follows:…
Day 57: Your Personal Mount Everest
As I wrote a few days ago, there are many wonderful insights in Tony Robbins’ “Money: Master the Game.” Yet at its core, its message is essentially the same message repeated time…
Day 26: The Drama-Free Game of Growing Share Ownership
It’s interesting how much we investors focus on our portfolio balance. As in, “How many dollars is the portfolio worth right now?” or “Wow, the portfolio gained $10,000 in value today!” Or…
Overcoming the Silent Killer
As I wrote last year, we bring our clothes to be dried (we have a washer at home) at the nearby laundromat. This usually has worked out quite well, especially since the…
How Perfectly Things Evolve
We are now in week #2 of my new blogging plan, where I publish four posts a week. I decided to try this out because I knew I didn’t want to force…
This is Why We Invest in Stocks
I just finished re-reading Burton Malkiel’s investing classic, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.” As I wrote the other day, Malkiel espouses the virtues of the Index Fund as a vehicle for…
The Gospel of the Index Fund
Having been an investor for over four and a half years now, I suppose I may not be exactly a “newbie” anymore. However, that hardly makes me an expert either, and I…