Hi Everyone,
I have revised and updated my book. I also changed the name to Secrets of Financial Planning and changed the format of the printed version.
As in the first edition, there is lots of information on every subject of financial planning. You can buy the book right here on my website as an e-book or [...]

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Hi Everyone,
I did an analysis of one of my client’s portfolios for the period of July 1st 2007 through June 30th, 2008. As we all know, the past twelve months have been an ugly period with the Dow Jones down 16%, NASDAQ down about 12.5% and the S&P 500 down just under 16%.
The portfolio I [...]

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Hi Everyone,
I am sure some of my readers are at occasional traders, as I am as well for my own account. I feel trading is quite risky and certainly not something most people should even think of.
Anyway, after talking to a friend a few months ago I have been checking out www.intrade.com. It is a [...]

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Hi Everyone,
Have any of you invested in commodities just to get burned? In the past, I never invested into commodities or currencies, because it was for my taste too difficult or too costly. Now there are many ETF’s out there that do just that.
These ETF’s are available in both long or short, i.e. that the [...]

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Hello everyone,
Mike from Los Angeles asked me how much he should save for retirement on a monthly basis.
Obviously there is not a straight forward answer. Mike, who is in his early 30s, has about 30 years to go until retirement and then another 30 plus years of retirement. The only thing certain to me is [...]

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