Showing posts with label Paul Merriman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Merriman. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Links for August 2021

Free books from financial educator Paul Merriman and his co-author Richard Buck: http://paulmerriman.com/freebooks/
    Note that this now includes their latest from 2020, We're Talking Millions: 12 Simple Ways to Supercharge Your Retirement. Generous indeed! And I should take the opportunity to plug my interview with Mr. Merriman.

A candid assessment of owning real-estate vs. index funds, from an investor in Singapore: https://www.firepathlion.com/buy-property-to-rent-out-or-invest-in-index-funds/

Apparently, the market's last 3 years have been crazier than we realized: https://www.mindfullyinvesting.com/three-years-of-investing-insanity/

Learn from this mistake: https://www.mouthymoney.co.uk/saving/how-my-father-lost-his-life-savings-by-making-one-fatal-investment-mistake/

Abigail Disney pulls back the curtain on how the ultra-wealthy think: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/abigail-disney-rich-protect-dynastic-wealth-propublica-tax/619212/

A 10-year performance record is still basically random: https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/a-ten-year-record-is-random-noise/

A great review of historical data on stocks vs. bonds: https://www.mindfullyinvesting.com/articles/6-what-to-invest-in/6-1-historical-returns-and-risks/

"Endless desire is one of the pitfalls of human nature, and one of the first things you need to cure if you want to get ahead more quickly."
-Mr. Money Mustache, in the Foreword to the revised and updated 2018 edition of Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez's classic Your Money Or Your Life

Thursday, March 18, 2021

From 10K to 125M: Why compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world

From $10,000 to $125 million:
Why compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world

I can show you how to turn 10 grand into a private-jet-level fortune!

The only problem? It takes 92 years. So your fortunate grandchildren are the ones who will actually end up with nine-digit wealth.

But you can harness the same incredible power to work for you, within your lifetime! No B.S., no tricks.

Stick with me, and I’ll show you how it’s done.

Note the logarithmic scale on the y-axis

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Supercharged, again: a (briefer) interview with Paul Merriman

 Supercharged, Again: Briefly Talking Millions With Paul Merriman

If you like this and want more detail,
be sure to read the full interview
here!

Today, we have a special treat: an interview with Paul A. Merriman, founder of the Merriman Financial Education Foundation and also a wealth management firm that still bears his name!

In November of 2020, he and his co-author Richard Buck released their latest book, We’re Talking Millions! 12 Simple Ways to Supercharge Your Retirement.