Have the Right Temperament for Investing

Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most successful investors, famously claimed that the most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. To be successful, you need to stay calm and rational during the market’s boom and bust cycles and avoid falling victim to the market’s herd instincts.

Even during dull market days, it takes

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Wealth-Building Missteps on Your Prosperity Trek

A Prosperity Trek is a journey of many steps to build wealth and use it for enrichment, fulfillment and helping others. Here are some missteps that can take you off track.

Unprotected Assets

It’s not going to do you much good to build up your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of

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Financial Planning Resources

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Visit ESPlannerBASIC which asks what you earn, what you spend, and how your financial obligations will change over time. (For example, when will your youngest kid graduate?) It then assumes that you’ll want your family to maintain the same living standard from today on, and figures out how much you can afford to spend,

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How to Find a Financial Planner

“Anyone can call themselves a financial planner or adviser,” says Sheryl Garrett, founder of the Garrett Planning Network, an association of fee-only planners, and author of the Personal Finance Workbook for Dummies. “No minimum experience or education is required by law.”

A legitimate financial planner will be able to assist you with asset allocation, using your

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