Saturday
11Jul2009
Entries in Jason Zweig (6)
Monday
13Apr2009
Articles You Might Want to Read
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 9:27AM - Excessive Fee Against RiverSource Makes Headway-News that RiverSource was laying off multiple employees was not the worst news for the fund family this week. On Wednesday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals said the shareholders of 11 RiverSource funds (includingRiverSource Large Cap Equity ALEAX, RiverSource Mid Cap ValueAMVAX, and RiverSource Mid Cap Growth INVPX) could sue the fund family's advisor in a lower court for charging excessive fees.
- Good Visual Examples to Get You Thinking-Some ideas to get you thinking differently about presenting.
- The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow-You can start a business cheap and quic
- Do I Really Have To Join Twitter?-"Microblogging mixes up features of e-mail, IM, blogs, and social networks to create something not just novel but also confusing, and doing it well takes time and patience. That's not to say it isn't useful; to some people in some situations, Twitter is irreplaceable."
- How Big Gambles Took Down Small Banks-How risk management was thrown out the window.
- Go Forth & Multiply Your Savings-Options for getting ahead in a down economy.
- Investor Face Tough Dual When Fighting Brokers
- Another Institution Needing Reform-Bogle on mutual funds.
- 7 Misconceptions About the Stimulus
- Yes, Diversification Works, Eventually-"Investment wisdom begins with the realization that it's the decades, not the days, that matter. And over the long term, diversification really does protect your portfolio." William Bernstein, author of The Four Pillars of Investing on diversification.
Sunday
05Apr2009
Articles & Post You Don't Want to Miss
Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 11:05AM - A great article regarding Twitter by Wildfire Strategic Marketing... "We really need to stop being so defensive. It’s a tool some of us use. It’s not for everyone after all and none of us own stocks"Can We Stop Being So Defensive About the Tools We Use?
- How these entrepreneurs make their business recession proof and charge a bunch for their product...a fishing reel. The Reel Deal
- Chris Brogan has been writing a series of post called Pirate Moves. This particulare post caught me eye and spoke to me. As in everything in life, it is about balance. Read this post and you will see what I mean. Pirate Moves - Promoting Without Being That Guy
- If you use Twitter, you will notice that on Fridays, tweets abound with the hashtag #followfriday. Here are Eight Follow Friday Tips for Twitter from Christopher Penn.
- For those of us who have worked in bureacracies...Dilbert...funny
- For those who use Slideshare, Joseph Jaffe has a great rant on how SlideShare screwed up on April Fools. How SlideShare Became the Ultimate Fool on April Fools.
- Are Immediate Annuities the Key to Retirement?
- I cannot resist to link Jason Zweig's column this week...Is Your Investing Personality in Your DNA?
- Tyler Cowen argues what the banking system needs is creditors who monitor risk...Why Creditors Should Suffer, Too
- Interesting insight from investment academic Craig Israelsen in this months Financial Planning Magazine. His proposed All Weather Portfolio...
Sunday
29Mar2009
From Rolling Stone to The Atlantic Monthly-Good Articles for Advisors
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 8:36AM I love reading periodicals and newspapers. So I thought I would link some articles that I read this past week and share with you (plus they may provide a good resource or spurn an idea, etc.)
I have provided the article summary so you can determine whether or not you want to read further. The articles are linked and can be read by clicking on the title.
Enjoy and share with your friends and colleagues.
If you want to view and print the MindMap of the articles and their links, please click MindMap Articles. The article links are embedded in the blue link icon on the MindMap. The + sign next to the boxes can be clicked open for the article summary. The MindMap can be printed for viewing. Hope you enjoy.
Sunday
22Mar2009
Jason Zweig Interview - Your Money and Your Brain
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 8:14AM This is an excellent interview with Jason Zweig, Wall Street Journal columnist and author of Your Money and Your Brain. His latest book explores the fascinating world of neuroeconomics.
USA Today wrote an interesting story about Zweig's book called (click the link to read the story) "Greed Feels Good, So Watch Out". This is a good synopsis of his book.