Latest comments

• Time to Buy? Buffett vs Cramer:
  • Trevor: Great post! Luckily, I'm not even close to retirement (23 yrs. old), but still... watching my little portfolio drop 30% in value in the past 6 months has been sad!
  • Wplante: Brian, great show. Keep it up. I was dissapointed that you didn't include some of the other numbers from the podcast in the blog. In the podcast, you mention both "average" and "best" numbers in addtion to the "worst" numbers above. Then you gave some numbers for each hypothetical portfolio that appeared...
  • Russell MacDonald: As a retired investor living off my portfolio, with no pension or social security, I have thought about the rule to put five years of expenses in cash. I'm just wondering if this five year buffer should apply to retired investors. It seems that if you retire with a minimum portfolio, that you can't...
  • Stan Brubaker: Brian, Really enjoy your podcasts and highly respect your approach to investments. I'm retired at 68 and just wish I could live another 50 years to take advantage of today's buying opportunities. Are there any funds out there that invest in high quality and low leveraged securities. Thanks, Stan in Waco, TX
  • Jim: On the east coast, people with combined incomes of $100,000 were buying $800,000 to $1 million dollar homes. Now that is enough to make anyone sick! Of course, they justified the purchase by saying the homes would be worth double that amount in five years. Then, reality struck, and these homes have...
• Life Insurance 101:
  • george soumakis: I have tried to get a quote for NY State, and the screen says that no products are selected. is there an issue with New York State?
• The Silver Lining of a Financial Crisis:
  • Bob Lee: Same thing happen in 1980 with Junk Bond 2000 with internet bubble and Enron. It's simple greed. That is why I love to listen Money-Guy and reading "The Snowball Warren Buffett and the Business of Life". Need to go back to basic