Tom is a good friend of Brad’s who I had the opportunity to meet a few years back while camping in the middle of Indiana for some quality Dave Matthews shows. He grew up in Cincinnati, OH and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Finance. After college Tom moved back to [...]
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Investing in Commercial Real-Estate? Better have lots of CASH.
February 23rd, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...Book Recommendation #2
February 22nd, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...As Brad previously noted, we’ll be trying to share a book with our readers about once a month. I thought it would only be proper for my first book recommendation to be a book which Brad recommended to me a couple years ago. The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein. This is an excellent book [...]
[Read More...]Do Not Own Equity in Your Firm
January 25th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...Do you own any of your employers stock? You definitely should not. An enormous amount of your financial security is already dependent on your companies performance. If your company struggles, you could not receive a bonus, a raise, or even lose your job. It would not be prudent to also have part of your investment [...]
[Read More...]True or False?
January 19th, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...The US economy is the only economy in the world experiencing a downturn. Completely false. Although nearly everyone in the US is noticing the huge impact of the economic troubles we are currently in, most are not educated on the impacts of what is being called a Global Recession. Here is a little proof: 1. [...]
[Read More...]2008 – Best Financial Year of My Life
January 13th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...Last year I lost over 35% of my wealth. This might sound nuts – but I’m ecstatic about this and I’d be happy to have a repeat performance this year. Here’s why: Today I funded my 2009 Roth IRA and allocated the new funds into two different investments. Both of them are trading at 50% [...]
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