High portfolio turnover may b more costly than high mutual fund fees. With high portfolio turnover, you’ve got more taxes to pay. Further, you might completely mis-time your buying and selling. Everybody should understand by now that high mutual fund fees drag performance down over time. Given the large majority of active fund managers underperform […]

The Yin Yang Investor Mindset post talks about looking for opposite investment opportunities whenever one asset class is roaring. I used the sell-off in bonds as an example of finally beginning to build a meaningful muni bond portfolio to earn double taxation free income. Now I’d like to highlight more reasons why folks who have a

It’s harder to get rich off stocks than it is to get rich off real estate. The main reason why is due to the absolute amount of money you need to risk to get rich in stocks. Even if your $5,000 stock investment goes up 50%, that’s only $2,500. But if your $500,000 rental property