I’m in the process of reading The Four Pillars of Investing (an excellent book, by the way) and I thought I’d share with you some of William Bernstein’s insights into investing. According to Bernstein, you really only need guidance in two areas: asset allocation and self-discipline. And how should you go about learning about these things? [more]

I’ve been on a bit of a reading kick lately, so late last week I decided to solicit book recommendations from a few of my fellow bloggers. I asked each of them to recommend one (and only one) financial book, and to also provide me with a sentence or two describing why they chose that particular book. Amazingly, there was very little overlap in their recommendations. The end result was the following list of a eleven great books about money.

Whether you’re looking for a book (or two) for yourself, or hoping to pick up a gift for someone else, there’s bound to be something of interest on this list… [more]

Good morning, and welcome to Day #2 of the Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing October project. In short, JLP at AllFinancialMatters has organized a group book review, with different bloggers covering different chapters. For more information and links to the participating sites, please visit the project home page. With that said, let’s get to it! [more]

I received an advance copy of Dave Barry’s Money Secrets awhile back, and I’ve been planning on writing a review of it ever since. Well, here we are… Almost six weeks after the official release date, and I’m finally getting around to it. So… I’m not sure where to start. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Dave Barry, he who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the Miami Herald for over 20 years (1983-2005). A very funny nationally syndicated column. He’s also published a number of collections of his columns in book form, and he co-wrote the excellent Peter and the Starcatchers, which is a prequel to Peter Pan (he’s also co-author of the forthcoming Peter and the Shadow Thieves). Thus, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when he tackled a topic like money. [more]

I feel like I’m a bit late to the party on this one, as a lot of other people have already reviewed it, but… I just finished reading Freakonomics (actually, I listened to the audio version), and I thought I’d write a few words about it… [more]

At long last… I finally got around to reading “Crash Course in Estate Planning: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal Legacy” by Michael Palermo. I first mentioned this book over the summer, but didn’t get around to picking up a copy and looking through it until recently. In very general terms, this book is a good, non-technical reference on the ins and outs of estate planning. [more]

The other day I mentioned that I recently bought a new Sprint PCS cell phone, and have been playing around with a free trial of their unlimited internet access (a.k.a. Vision). The phone in question is a Sanyo MM-7400, and I thought I’d review a few of its features here for anyone that might be in the market for a new cell phone… [more]

At last! I’ve spent the last couple of days racking my brain, trying to remember the name of personal finance book that forever changed the way I think about money. After a good while browsing on Amazon tonight, I finally found it. But first the backstory… It was the mid-90s, I was in graduate school, and we had just had our first child. I had always been interested in money (aren’t we all?), but had never really done anything significant to take charge of my financial future. And then I picked up a copy of Time is Money by Frances Leonard at the local library. [more]

Awhile back I picked up a fax machine, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. To be completely honest, I don’t send personal faxes all that often, and I almost never need to receive one. But when I do need to send a fax, there’s nothing better than dropping the form(s) to be faxed into the slot, punching in the number, and hitting that little green button. [more]