Comments on: Retirement Planning? Important? Pft.

By: Wise Bread

Wise Bread — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:45:10 +0000

Top 100 Most Popular Personal Finance Blogs…

Creditcard.org recently released the Top 100 List of personal finance blogs to read in 2007. I've re-ranked the list in order of popularity to make it easier for readers who do not have the time to browse through all one hundred blogs. Methodol…

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:31:59 +0000

I have read a ton of personal finance books.

I would suggest the following books:

1. “Bogleheads Guide to Investing”
2. The Richest Man in Babylon
A fictional story that gives you the foundation of investing and saving.
3. Four Pillars of Investing or The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein
4. A Random Walk Down Wall Street
5. Straight Talk on Investing: What You Need to Know by Jack Brennan
6. Coffeehouse Investor
Short and Sweet
7. The Millionaire Next Door and the sequel
8. Affluenza
Short book on consumerism… from a liberal perspective.

By: Independent George

Independent George — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:07:33 +0000

Yep – I did that, too. I think this is one of those rookie mistakes that people don’t really learn until they experience it themselves (like market timing, or the totally insane ex-girlfriend you stayed with for almost a year because she was, like, really, really hot).

By: Deuce

Deuce — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:12:40 +0000

Good stuff. Im looking to invest in my company’s 401k this year. Throw at least $100 a month at it.

By: Cap

Cap — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:21:57 +0000

to note:

opened my first IRA 4 years later (after squandering away thousands of dollars, of course)

the 401k offered at BoA wasn’t really that hot. too limited on investment choices, obviously most are through the bank’s brokerage arm… but still should have taken up offer to look at other tax favorable retirement accounts — especially since I had no clue about any of them till years later.