Truth be told, investing is just one ingredient for financial success. In fact, one of the best routes to financial security is also one of the most obvious: to increase one’s income. In the middle of a pandemic, though, this might seem like a tall order. After all, most people’s work lives—not to [...]
Extreme Portfolio Makeover, Part III
This week the stock market hit a milestone, surpassing its pre-coronavirus all-time high. There is a lot of debate about whether this is justified or sustainable—and that’s certainly an important question. But the bottom line is that your portfolio probably looks very different today from the way it [...]
Moving beyond regret
Last week I discussed strategies to avoid making decisions you might regret. But what if it’s already too late? What if you've already made a financial decision you regret? Then what? Below are six strategies to help manage, and hopefully minimize, regret over past decisions. 1. I'll start with a [...]
How to minimize financial regret
This week I learned the disappointing news that our next-door neighbors—possibly the nicest people in the world—have put their house on the market. While I’m sorry to see them go, I understand their decision. With a growing family, they are looking for more room. During the pandemic, in fact, [...]
Five “strategies”
The tricky thing about investing is that there is no single “right” approach. A little while back, I talked about the “five minds” of the investor—the optimist, the pessimist, the analyst, the economist and the psychologist. But why these five? There are, in fact, many ways to be successful: You [...]
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