- Thanks to Doug for posting the link to Global Investment Returns Yearbook synopsis by the authors of Triumph of the Optimists.
- Larry MacDonald comments on Legg Mason strategist Michael J. Mauboussin’s study on the role of financial institutions in pricing assets (The study is available here).
- Gail Vaz-Oxlade, the host of Til’ Debt Do Us Part wrote about fantasies that are ruining financial dreams.
- The Dividend Guy on the top three reasons to drop a stock from a watch list.
- The Financial Blogger is writing a series of posts on the basics of estate planning.
- Thicken My Wallet questions if real estate has ever been the path to wealth.
- Preet shares a nugget he gathered from the DFA conference: while it is highly likely that stocks will beat bonds, there may be stretches of as long as 35 years in which stocks lag bonds.
- Frugal Trader does a mid-year check-up of his investment portfolio.
Around the Personal Finance Network
- Clever Dude plays the credit card arbitrage game.
- Squawkfox reckons that cars are the new smoking.
- Blunt Money lists nine reasons not to buy a stock.
- Some ideas on generating passive income from Money Ning.
- Four Pillars sees how our RESP stacks up against the U.S. 529 for saving for a child’s education.
