Behold! the power of the Innernet: Apparently you can now take a 6-week course on financial planning and become a financial expert. Kinda puts my 15 years experience at this gig to shame, doesn’t it? One of the most famous of said “budgenista” programs is sold by a big-name celebrity in the financial world. A […]
Some of my favorite books on personal finance
Last week, this dood booked an appointment with me to discuss whether whole life insurance made sense for him. Once the video chat meeting began, it became clear to me that this wasn’t going to end well. This was someone who, about a year ago, booked an appointment with me and then never showed up […]
Why midwits advise you to take financial risks you cannot afford
I recently done heard a new werd. Actually, I’m not 100% sure it’s a real word, but here it is: “Midwit”. A midwit is someone who has average or above average intelligence but acts like they are of genius-level intelligence when they’re not. So… they’re not really a nitwit, but they’re also not a for-real genius. […]
The Wall Street walkers
It’s amazing to me how bored people are today. How many T.V. apps are there? How many social media sites are there today? We have Apple TV (mostly for YouTube and so we can watch re-runs of old T.V. shows on Hulu) and I count no less than 20 apps. There’s probably more but I […]
Myopic financial advice
Whelp, I’m officially old. Apparently, I need reading glasses now, at least according to my eye doctor. Funny thing about that… my nearsightedness has actually improved but my astigmatism has gotten a bit worse in my left eye. Anywho, the doc prescribed me two different lenses. Weird, because no other doc has ever prescribed me […]