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  Banking is Necessary Banks are Not.

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  Tweet This is a quote attributed to Bill Gates, which resonates with me. Whether the quote banking is necessary banks are not, is the real quote, or …

• Write it down! Financially and in life. If you don't write it down, how do you know if it even happened?
  
  At least keep a Financial Journal with monthly payments and when they are due.
  #FinLit

  

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  Write it down!

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  Another classic from 2009, while we returned from the financial abyss of 2008. I have written previously about if it’s not written down, how do you …

• We Don't Seem to Dread Debt
  
  I wrote that about 10 years ago. I think folks are catching up and figuring out just how bad #debt is, and it only took a pandemic and marginal interest rates to do it.
  #Wow #FinLit #Credit

  

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  We Don't Seem to Dread Debt

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  That is the hypothesis I can reach from a fascinating study published in the Harvard Business Review, “Anticipating Pain is Worse Than Feeling It“¹. …

• Balanced Passive Investing
  
  Given the rise of AI in the world of investing, do you need to do this kind of thing any more? You can buy a single ETF if you wish, but, you can always #DIY too.

  

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  Balanced Passive Investing

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  This is the active part of passive investing, balancing (or re-balancing) your investments to fit your investment goals after a while. Suppose you …

• Always have a target
  
  What could a decal of a house fly in a urinal in an airport have to do with financial planning? Not sure, but read on to find out the tenuous connection.
  #FinLit #Target #Urinal

  

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  Humor: Always have a target

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  One essential part of Financial Planning is having reasonable and attainable goals and a financial target for your plan. Without a financial target, …

• Would you want to live forever, if you didn't have to shave? How is this financial? Gotta read to find out!
  #Humour

  

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  Bad Financial Humor

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  I did write about this a long time ago, what I was thinking about. Benjamin Smith was the curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, although his …