Late Bloomer Wealth

Month: July 2013

Noise at Our Birthday Dinner

Stay Balanced—Ignore the Noise Dan and I and another gay couple celebrate July birthdays. We take the opportunity to have a splendid dinner, great conversation and rein in four free desserts! We scarcely sat down when our friend Bob complained to the waiter about the noise from ten drinking patrons at the adjacent table, two …

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“Simple but not easy to do.” Wise investing words from John Bogle

          John Bogle is the Fiduciary’s fiduciary. Listen to his 90 second advice to financial advisers (and for us customers too). Powerful stuff: http://www.investmentnews.com/section/video?playerType=Events&eventID=Morningstar2013&bctid=2498789058001&date=20130621  

Yahoo Finance Message to Gen-Xer’s–Take Heart

Click for article: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-person-expect-bloomer-millionaire-220600304.html I think Dan and I have a lot to say to any generation who thinks they started too late and lost a bundle of their retirement nest egg in a bear market. You are not alone. For Generation Xers (born 1966 – 79). The article addressed important topics: 1. Controlling debt …

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Chapter 1: “Not Available”

ATTENTION Readers: This chapter is an early version of my new book just released, March, 2015. For an update of all the Chapters including this Chapter 1, go to the home page and scroll down. On the right are directions to get the full story in 11 Chapters and 17 appendices, resources, letters, books, podcasts …

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Great 403b Story by a fellow teacher and local Teacher’s Union Vice President! He and his teacher wife GET IT!

Information Overload by Guest Post Keith Reed Teacher and Vice President, Morongo Teachers Association. Morongo Valley, CA (Reprinted here by permission of Mr. Reed. Original publication) In this age of information overload, we sometimes find it easier to step back and let “experts” make our decisions for us, especially when it comes to our investments.  This …

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