Archive for February, 2009

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Feb

I Hate The Word “Frugal”

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, February 3rd 2009   4 comments already   

No offense to the Frugal Dad and others like him, I just hate the word.  Say it out loud, “FRUGAL.” Words that contain the letters ‘F’ and ‘R’ next to each other are linguistically difficulty to say.  This is because you essentially must exhale to say it.  That’s not fun.  Then there is the “ugal” [...]

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Feb

What We Learn Inside the Portfolio of the Index Fund King: Jack Bogle

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, February 2nd 2009   1 comment so far   

Morningstar is the single greatest website on the planet for mutual fund research.  But they do more than tell you if your 401(k)’s offerings are crap or golden; they do quite a bit of publishing of articles on the subjects of investing, like the one below. But first some introductions.  Index funds are a type [...]

under: investing, personal, personal finance    
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