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A common lesson from a children’s story book has become one of the guiding principles for investing: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” But lately, I’ve come across a few articles where people are questioning the wisdom of diversification. Today, we are going to ask the question – could you make more [...]

iPhones are often criticized as expensive and ostentatious. Why buy a smart phone when you can make calls from a $10 pay as you go phone? It may seem like a waste of money, but used properly an iPhone can be a powerful tool in your personal finance arsenal. Here is just a small sampling of [...]

When it comes to long term investing, I believe that you should focus more on dividend yields and cash flow versus speculation and share price appreciation. While this might mean avoiding sexy names like Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), there is nothing unsexy about constant cash flow with regards to your assets.

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I just want to point out that Tip’d has launched it’s 2.0 version. New version will introduce several features as follow:

The Tip’d SocialTickers — Tip’d SocialTickers are pages that track any given stock ticker across the Social Web.
The Tip’d Video Integration — You will have the ability to share your favorite business and finance related [...]

This week Moolanomy was mentioned by askDeb.com as one of the top 100 great advice blog — thank you!
Greatnexus
Also, I launched another site this week called Greatnexus. From the Greatnexus home page, you can scan the latest headlines from multiple news and social media sites, as well as see some of the popular videos on [...]

Net Worth Review
The S&P 500 gained +0.8% in December and went from 896.24 to 903.25. But for a full year, the S&P 500 dropped -38.5% from 1468.36 to 903.25 — ouch!  According to NetworthIQ, my net worth rose +3.44% and my net investable assets increased +6.54%.

Highlights

Home value actually went up slightly in December, but for [...]

Before I begin my net worth review, I would like to point out that Larry Swedroe recently published The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll Ever Need.  The book got several great reviews on Amazon.com and my copy is on order.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to share some insight from the book with you soon. [...]

Originally, I was simply going to announce the official launch of Tip’d (a community for financial news, ideas, and tips), but then I got the idea to write about a few more sites that I found useful for finding financial news and articles.  So here they are, 8 sites to find financial news and articles.
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My 401k dropped precipitously. It’s heart wrenching to see several years of diligent savings wiped away. There are many bloggers that are in the same boat — e.g., Gather Little By Little, Paid Twice, My Two Dollars, Blueprint, Bible Money Matters, Financial Nut, etc.  And it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that many [...]

Net Worth Review
Wow, June was a terrible month for stock investors. Bad economy, Midwest flood, inflation, high oil price, among other factors added up to an -8.6% drop for the S&P500 — from 1400.38 to 1280.00! According to NetworthIQ, my net worth went down -3.04% — mostly due to my retirement and stock investments, and [...]