My first exposure to investment theories was during an economics class I took in college. I was always sort of a geek when it came to graphs and numbers—which I guess explains my degree in statistics—so I was captivated when the professor drew an example of the efficient frontier on the chalk board. It made perfect sense to me. Continue reading “How to Invest: A Tale of Two Investment Theories”
I’ll let you in on a little secret from my days as a financial adviser. When you sit down with an adviser, they treat you really well, laugh at all your jokes (even if they’re not very funny), and ask you some questions about your current financial situation and goals for the future. Then they put all that information into a software program that calculates some projections, and may even make some recommendations. Guess what they do with that information? They charge you a fee for it or use it to sell you something. Continue reading “The Little Financial Engine That Could (But Only If You Use It)”
