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11 Jul 2017 Observing Investor Biases
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They call it Behavioral Finance. I call it common sense led astray by experience or lack thereof....
06 Jul 2017 Investing in the Rear-View Mirror
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These days it’s easy to find out what mutual fund or index fund is doing good, performance wise. Providers like Morningstar and Lipper produce ratings for free, or at a nominal cost for more detailed information if you are an investor or potential investor....
29 Jun 2017 Back Up Those Travel Photos
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As a frequent traveler and budding photographer, I face the same challenge most tourists do by taking lots of digital snapshots because the cost is almost nothing (that is called a sunk cost and don’t ask me how much was sunk)....
27 Jun 2017 The Vacation is Over! Now what?
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The Vacation is over! Now what? You’ve spent countless days waking up late, binge-watching favorite TV shows (which, for some of us, is a way to disconnect), soaked up a lot of sun at the beach or perhaps you had a more active trip and visited...
22 Jun 2017 The 7 Best Tips for Travel
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Recently I wrote about the 7 biggest mistakes I’m made during travel, mostly international, but not exclusively. This episode will cover the best decisions, in my humble opinion, that I’ve made that greatly contributed to a fun and exciting travel experience and the lack bad...
12 Jun 2017 Is Travel Worth It?
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Travel can be expensive, can’t it? Just go online to Expedia.com or some similar website and see what it costs to visit Niagara Falls, NY if you live in Southern California. Or even travel to Orvieto, Italy where I’m writing this blog now from Las...
06 Jun 2017 Smart moves to practice for vacations and trips
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Who doesn’t like to travel? Most people do. Event though if you don’t have a travel bug in you, one of these days you’ll have to be going somewhere far from home. Before every trip or vacation, I take I have a ritual I practice...
06 Jun 2017 My Top 7 Travel Mistakes
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June is a good month to plan travel at the last minute. For me, I’m usually planning summer travel around the Christmas holidays. Making plans at the last minute offers you the benefit of seeing last minute flight and hotel promotions, but it can lead...
30 May 2017 International travel tips
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· Obtain or renew your passport way in advance. At least three months in advance. · Obtain or confirm that the two credit cards you will take with you do not charge currency transaction fees....