Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web
An Open Letter to Vanguard CEO, Salim Ramji
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Love this. Vanguard could easily lead the way to a better financial system… if they’d just choose to do it!!!
Steady 54% of Americans Identify as Middle Class
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It’s interesting to see how steady the class identification has been since 2004.
Joe Biden and the Inversion of Reality
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An educated and informed populace is critical to democracy. This is not good!
Selling Plasma and Personal Finances
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I had totally forgotten this… when I moved to CA, I donated plasma and bone marrow for compensation. Anyone else have to do this to “get by?”
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“There is one golden rule of investing: If someone tells you they can beat the market without taking on more risk, you should not invest in whatever they are selling.”
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