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 Documentary Films, Investing 101, Investor Psychology         6 comments

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Perhaps nothing encompasses the roller coaster ride that was the 2000 to 2009 decade better than David Faber’s The Bubble Decade. If you haven’t seen it, set 45 minutes aside and take a look back at just how gullible we actually were to follow the herd and buy into some …

 Business Ethics, Financial Crisis         No comments

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When I was an undergrad, I was a paid research assistant for one of the most accomplished professors at my university.  He was at the top of his field, a multimillionaire, and one of the most egotistical a*sholes on Planet Earth.
He was the ruler of his small, but strangely powerful, …

 Index Funds, Investing 101         2 comments

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Vanguard, one of the leading firms in the investment management business, has finally ventured into the blogosphere.
Vanguard is very well known for their pioneering work in passive investing among the personal finance and investing community for their low cost index funds.  However, if you mention their name to someone who …

 Dividend Investing, Financial Planning, Index Funds, Investing 101, Retirement         13 comments

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If you think the stock market doesn’t behave in consistent (possibly predictable) boom and bust economic cycles, this graphic might change your mind.
Going as far back as 1886, this chart indicates that bull markets and bear markets routinely plague our economy.  Aptly named Supercycles, they come and go in a somewhat predictable pattern.  …

 Index Funds, Investing 101, Investor Psychology         11 comments

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You would know a bursting bubble if you saw it?  Right?
Take a look at the following chart and tell me what you think.  Doesn’t it look a little suspicious?
Has a bubble formed, or even worse, has it just popped?  Take a good look and tell me what you think.

I know… you’re about …