Comments on: Pet peeve: Ignorant people serving me financial platitudes

By: Wpilot88

Wpilot88 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:02:38 +0000

What are some of the Index funds you are in? I’m just looking for some ones that are diversifed and have a low fee.

By: moneyrelations

moneyrelations — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:04:01 +0000

Nancy, thanks so much for dropping by!

For some reason, I’m okay with losing money on my own. I take it as a learning experience. However, I obviously expect better results when I pay other people to manage my money. If they can’t deliver the goods, I might as well do it myself and save the management fees!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:46:06 +0000

2 thumbs up for making your own gutsy decisions and “fie!” on anyone who feels entitled to make commentary … esp., when I’m betting half the commentators couldn’t tell you what stocks are in their portfolios! After 2 disastrous experiences with, ahem, The Experts, I started making my own stock picks 15 years ago. A few mistakes, but at least I knew what was going on, and on balance, I’ve streaked past any 8 – 12% annual increase. Cheers to you for your Do It Yourself choices.

By: GoldnSilver

GoldnSilver — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:17:43 +0000

I like this post. I don’t like people like that, too. Just because they read a couple of MSN money articles they think they can give advice and tell me what to do.

By: Wooly Woman

Wooly Woman — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:34:34 +0000

I hate it that some people just presume that you need advice when you say something like that, rather than assuming you may know what you are doing! I agree we should no more, and I think people don’t realize that even a little knowledge will help them talk more sensibly to their financial advisor if they have one.