February 19, 20220Comments

MoneySense Chapter 20: What the Successful Investor Has

Luck or Skill? In investing and in other situations in which you are making an evaluation, it is important to remember this: Sometimes a manager does well because he or

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

February 18, 20220Comments

MoneySense Chapter 19: How We Did with a Regular Investment Program: The Good and the Bad

We had triumphs—fat markets in the 1990s when we often made 20 percent or more a year—and we had some disasters, the first decade of this century when some people

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

February 11, 20220Comments

Money Illiteracy Could Ruin Your Child’s Life: Here is another failing of American education, critics say. But parents take some blame too.

Many parents aren’t up to the task of educating their children about money and many of the schools also fail.Are you ready to become your child’s financial educator? And is

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 26, 20220Comments

The Little-Known Treasury Secretary Whose Ideas Are Still Debated: The philosophy of the American supply side godfather still argued over even by those who never heard of him.

The arguments about this often-forgotten U.S. Treasury Secretary continue a century later. The policies and writings of 1920s U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon touch on much of what Americans debate

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 24, 20220Comments

MoneySense Chapter 18: I Become a Freelancer

I have never been tempted to take on full-time work since the happy day I left a small publishing company that was coming apart and where my respected boss had

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 16, 20220Comments

MoneySense, Chapter 17: The Importance of Diversification

Diversification carries the investor through rocky times. It doesn’t guarantee that he or she will never lose money. But what it does is give one a better chance to lose

by Gregory Bresiger

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