The End of Personal Finance

The End of Personal Finance

Decades of advice turn out to be so much garbage.

Posted Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 11:56pm

Me, I'd settle for a few mea culpas from our finance gurus. After all, I am aware I owe my gold-loving dude an apology. Unfortunately, I know the planner assigned to the case won't be eating crow any time soon. I recently received a copy of his latest book in the mail. It's all about how if you can just identify your money archetype, financial success will be yours. Oh, and one other thing. The press release quotes him as advising, "Don't rush out to buy gold."

(Photos of Jim Cramer by Scott Gries/Getty; Can by Ryan McVay/Getty Creative; Suze Orman by Bryan Bedder/Getty)
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I think the problem is that

I think the problem is that most people like the author aren't investors and think they can drop some money in some stocks and come back 6 years (really, are you serious?) later and it will have grown enormously. You have to take some personal responsibility for your finances and keep on top of your investments. An understanding of the market doesn't hurt either.

Actually those investments provide the capital corporations need to create. So there is a terrific creation of value simply by investing when it is compared to having that money simply sit under your mattress neither doing anything nor helping others do something. Investors provide an incredibly valuable service to the economy even if they aren't toiling in a field or factory.

 

Suze Orman has reasons

I too think that Suze Orman has a reason while recommending stocks to others and put all her money in municipal bonds. She has got lots of $$ and so she does not have any reason to risk it in the stock market. People who do not have that amount of money will need to earn it first using stock market and not municipal bonds because municipal bonds are not likely to do this. 

Too bad a lot of this was on

Too bad a lot of this was on borderline impractility.

Suze Orman

It is perfectly reasonable for Suze Orman to recommend stocks to others and put all her money in municipal bonds.It makes sense.If you you have a lot of $$ like she does there is no reason to risk it in the stock market.She has all the money she will ever need so her goal is to preserve it,inflation wont devalue it enough to hurt her.For almost everyone else that approach won't work,they will need to grow their assets and make up for inflation.Municipal bonds are not likely to do this.

Predicting the Financial Crisis

Robert Prechter predicted the crisis with all it's components very well, starting with his 2002 book Conquer the Crash and described why and how it would happen. Read more: http://www.tradingstocks.net/html/financial_crisis.html Deflation was predicted and it is happening and there is more to happen, after the happy recession-is-over rally is done, a major crash is in the books. Also watch Prechter's videos and see how he correctly guided investors to stay in US dollar as he predicted USD would go up due to deleveraging since most of the debt is denominated in USD all around the world. Now he is waiting to signal to move out of US dollar if the conditions warrant it. I would suggest keep an eye on his opinion. It is well worth the time you invest. My 401k is safed and even caught the latest rally thanks to Prechter :-)

personal finance

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Government's responsibility?

Governments can also fail (and are more likely to fail if they take on the responsibilities the author advocates). Indeed, it would be reckless for the government to do anything more for people in financial difficulty until we can control our borders -- the world contains far more poor people than our government could ever hope to support. There is nothing that can be done to make year-long unemployment anything but a personal and financial disaster. Our best defense is to avoid debt and cultivate our relationships with relatives and fellow church members. As for retirement security, that comes with children. If a population suddenly ceases to procreate, there is no level of savings that will give the last generation a comfortable retirement. All the gold in the world will not suffice if all the storekeepers are retired!

Can anyone know is there any

Can anyone know is there any free software is available for managing personal finance ( investments)? 

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