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$ ?s: Help Me Conquer the Clutter
Q: My husband hasn’t gotten rid of a single bill or financial statement during our entire 18-year marriage! He received a shredder from Santa this past Christmas, and I am ready to get started, but I want to know what, if any, of this paperwork I should keep.
Monetary Infidelity
If money is among the most common causes of domestic spats, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that almost one in four Americans would try to hide money troubles from their spouses.
Mailbag: How Do You Measure How Far Out of Balance a Portfolio Is?
We compute an asset allocation deviation or “out of balance” number for each household’s primary retirement assets and rebalance to lower this number.
How to Select the Best Credit Card
Lots of articles steer you to the best credit card by categories–one if you want airline miles, another if you need to transfer a balance. This is not one of those articles. The millionaire mindset does not want airline miles and doesn’t carry a balance.
Video: Comprehensive Wealth Management
Comprehensive wealth management is based on the idea that small changes in our finances can have large effects over long periods of time. These changes can make the difference in achieving our life goals.
Schwab: What Does Total Capital Gains Mean Under Income Summary
On my Charles Schwab Statement, what does “Total Capital Gains” mean under Income Summary?
Foolish Ideas
“Successful active management is a fantasy stoked by the financial services industry.”
$ ?s: Investment Advice for Those Who Don’t Need the Money
Q: I am a 65-year-old retired widow and I have a large IRA. How should I invest if I don’t need this money?
Indexing Works
“Many investors think active managers can shift out of stocks in time to stem losses in bear markets. Not true.”
Radio: Grow Rich Slowly: The Four Secrets of an Automatic Millionaire
Listen to David John Marotta’s interview on growing rich slowly: the four secrets of an automatic millionaire
Debt, Uncertainty and Volatility in 2011
The world markets groaned as the burden of the rising American debt and the European deficit weighed down more productive countries.
The House That Bogle Built
Learn about the index preferred by the person who invented index funds with the Vanguard S&P 500. And no, it isn’t the S&P 500.
The Devil’s Invention
“A blindfolded chimpanzee throwing darts at The Wall Street Journal can select a portfolio that can do just as well as the experts.”
$ ?s: How to Rake in Millions by Running Your Own Investment Fund
You have now created an efficient money-generating machine, and you should start enjoying your success.
How Should We Manage a Non-Profit Endowment?
“There exists a timeless and flexible process for successful investment management decision making that is specifically tailored for Investment Stewards.”