Pimp Your Finances

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the 10 Financial Commandments for Your 20s.  Within a week, it become my most popular post.
Kiplinger’s Starting Out wrote the original list, and they just published the sequel – 10 Financial Commandments for Your 30s.
Just like I did with the last one, I’m going to share their list with my [...]

If you haven’t checked it out, Kiplinger has a great section for young adults called “Starting Out”.  They recently featured a list of 10 Financial Commandments for Your 20s.
Being 27 years old, I have experience in this area.  I want to share their list, and also some insights about how well I’ve followed their instructions.
 
1. Plan [...]

There is no way to predict – let alone time – the market.  The best that you can do is to balance current financial news with historical context.  Past activity is no indicator of future performance, but its often one of the most valuable tools we have in trying to figure out if the market is – historically speaking [...]

“This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much most of the time.  Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd [...]