Self Directed Investors Do Better than Financial Advisers?

Well, this is a very interesting article.  10 years of research point to the fact that a self directed investor is probably going to outperform a financial adviser.  There are a few reasons for this, but I won’t spoil the article for you.  I highly recommend you check this one out: http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/061206/20408.html I have often [...]

Home Sick Today

I’m home sick today.  Both my daughter and I are sick so we are just going to take it easy today.  She is getting to watch more TV than we normally let her watch, but she is such a good sport about not feeling well, that we think it’s okay. On a slightly related note, [...]

What Does a Homeless Man do With $100,000?

Last week I saw a preview of an upcoming Oprah show about what happens to people when they experience a financial windfall. As most people that read PF blogs would guess, it doesn’t usually turn out too well. I finally got a chance to watch the Oprah show that I had Tivo’d last week and [...]