What Blackjack can teach us about investing

April 14, 2017

Imagine you walk into a casino with your entire retirement portfolio in tow – whether that’s a few thousand or a few million. You walk up to the blackjack table determined to beat the house and boost your retirement savings. Read more

Is 1% of $5M still just 1%?

March 10, 2017

The financial industry has managed to get away with incredible price discrimination by charging clients based on their assets, rather than based on the services provided. This practice needs to stop. Read more

SwitchPoint #2: The Behavior Gap

February 16, 2017

I just finished a new book by Michael Lewis, author of many bestsellers including The Blind Side and Moneyball. His new book, called The Undoing Project, is about the fathers of a relatively new field of study called behavioral economics. Read more

The Original SwitchPoint: Fees

January 19, 2017

The investment industry has done a phenomenal job of masking their fees – whether hiding them completely or trying to minimize them by stating them as a % of assets. Read more

How to Become (and Stay) Debt-Free

January 6, 2017

Does it seem like every time you pay off one loan, you find yourself saddled with some new debt? Or maybe you have student loans or a mortgage that seems like will never be paid off? You’re not alone. Read more

Another Wild Market Prediction

December 8, 2016

It seems the financial media’s favorite thing to do is make wild predictions. The more extreme the headline, the better. Today’s headline1 on Yahoo! Finance was particularly grabby:

“2016 marks the end of the great bond bull market” Read more

Sorting the Professionals from the Salesmen

December 2, 2016

Recently, I volunteered to be a guinea pig for my sister who is in dental hygiene school. When I arrived, I walked into a room with a couple dozen stations, all with aspiring hygienists in uniform, performing dental exams and cleaning teeth. Read more