Several days ago I received a Tweet from a reader named Carolyn saying: “I’m an ex-newspaper reporter in Atlanta who just found your (old travel) blog. Would love to ask advice if you don’t mind!” Well, I’m a sucker for helping ex-newspaper reporters in Atlanta 🙂 (My regular readers will understand why!) So I emailed…
Yesterday I read three great posts all on the same topic: what would I do if I won a million dollars? One blogger says she’d pay off debt, save for retirement, take a vacation and remodel a home. Another blogger would “stare in sheer disbelief at the balance in my bank account.” And a third…
Welcome to the anti-frugality blog. You CAN afford anything you want, if you learn to take the right steps. This is a blog for people who are tired of the extreme-frugality blogs. This is a blog for people who are tired of reading that you should skip that trip to Aruba, enroll at your second-choice…
Money management can get really complicated — if you let it. People ask me all kinds of nuanced, nitty-gritty questions: “Should I invest in Company XYZ, given that their price-to-book ratio is not up to recommended standards?” “Which of these five developed-market small-cap value funds do you recommend?” “Should I pay an early-withdrawal penalty to…