Should I invest in ETFs or Conventional Mutual Funds
Investors seeking an index investment nowadays can choose to put their money into either conventional fund shares or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but deciding which to pick may seem perplexing. Many similarities—and important differencesIn many respects, index funds and ETFs seeking to track the... Continue Reading
Submitted ByTushar Mathur
Investors seeking an index investment nowadays can choose to put their money into either conventional fund shares or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but deciding which to pick may seem perplexing. Many similarities—and important differences
In many respects, index funds and ETFs seeking to track...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
I have had to hire a lot recently. This is not because I have a ton of jobs that need to be filled. Instead, I am replacing employees who do not make it past probation (a future post altogether once I have some time to digest what each side did wrong) or departing employees. It [...]...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Andre writes in:
I’m interested in replacing a piece of home audio equipment that is experiencing occasional malfunctions, but works OK most of the time. The receiver I’m looking at costs $500 on Amazon. I’m a little conflicted. The more frugal side of me says to not even buy it. Make do...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
Chasing abnormally high dividend yield is typically seen as a sign of imprudent dividend investing. Since dividend yield is ratio of annual dividend payment to share price, an abnormally high dividend yield generally indicates the share price has collapsed or the dividend paid is quite high,...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
I really enjoy visiting garage sales, yard sales, and thrift stores. I almost always find an item or two that I’m either looking for myself or I’m sure I can sell on eBay for a small profit. Plus, I’m always amazed at the things other people have largely decided to throw out.
Whenever I...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Recently, my son Joe had his fourth birthday. Sarah and I had made the decision that we were going to introduce the idea of an allowance to him after his fourth birthday, along with the idea of saving for specific goals.
In order to accomplish this goal, we decided to get him a Money Savvy [...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
A funny thing happens during recessions. The number of people enrolled in multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses spikes even as the revenue of MLM companies (at least those publicly traded) decreases. For example, Pre Paid Legal Services, Inc., traded on the NASDAQ exchange, reported in its last...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Over the last few months, I’ve been slowly shopping for a minivan to replace my truck. Since the truck will not seat three young children safely (I could jam them in there in an illegal fashion), I will have to replace the vehicle by April at the latest. That’s on top of the [...]...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
To paraphrase the words of the SteadyHand blog, is this a financial crisis well wasted? Last week, ING in Canada and the UK warned of the possibility of a real estate bubble in the residential and commercial real estate market spurred by the low interest rate environment. Beside the obvious bubble...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
A post on a “savings generation gap” at Get Rich Slowly the other day caught my eye. In it, J.D. argued that there’s a “generation gap” between spenders and savers. People who are over some particular age threshold – somewhere around 35 or 40 – tend to save their money, whereas...
Investors seeking an index investment nowadays can choose to put their money into either conventional fund shares or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but deciding which to pick may seem perplexing. Many similarities—and important differencesIn many respects, index funds and ETFs seeking to track the... Continue Reading 
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