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The Big Picture for the Week of March 14, 2010

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Earlier in the week Barry Ritholtz posted this chart from Bronson Capital Markets Research. It shows 139 years of nominal returns for equities (probably somewhat familiar to you) along with 139 years of real returns.

 
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Financial Ramblings

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Tough and busy week on my end but it is finally the weekend and today I had an opportunity to get a lot of reading done around the Blogosphere finding a few good articles. The stock picks continue to do well and I will probably be doing a new pick on Monday so stay tuned!

 
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How to Find a Professional Financial Advisor

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The following is an excerpt from The Financial Crossroads.

How then, can you determine how to find a truly professional advisor, or if you already have an advisor, how do you know that he or she is a professional?  Here are six criteria to which a truly professional advisor should be held.  Your advisor should be:

1. Educated

 
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Friday links: rumor time

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It’s once again rumor time on Wall Street.  (The Reformed Broker)

Individual investors still have some buying power left.  (Big Picture)

 
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Free Money Finance March Money Madness, Round 2, Posts 29-32

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Here we go with the second round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (if you wonder what's going on in these posts, see my article announcing March Money Madness and/or click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.)

 
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Avoid Budget Busters by Curbing Your Worst Impulses

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The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management.

Frugality is the new status symbol, or at least it ought to be. It is green. It is compassionate. And it brings with it a financial margin for when life colors outside the lines. It helps bring us the priceless gift of serenity and contentment.

 
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Reader Mailbag: Time

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The more of life I experience, the more I realize that the most valuable thing a person has in their life is time. The cost of a book is trivial compared to the value of the time spent reading it. The cost of raising a child in terms of dollars is far less than the value of the time spent rearing the children.

Time is the one thing I wish I had more of.

 
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Building the Investment Case for Green Homes

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The Economic Benefits of Sustainable Real Estate March 3, 2010 By Guest Contributor Sally Russell

The common misconception that investing in energy efficient homes is more expensive than traditional homes is being upended.

Many buyers have heard that prices for green homes are higher; therefore, requiring greater down payments and less affordable monthly mortgage payments. Similarly, some builders have shied away from green construction projects as the materials for such homes can be higher.

 
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How and Why to Diversify Your Income

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Time and again we hear that investment diversification is a must, and rightly so. Diversifying investments – by investing in a variety of different types of index funds and/or ETFs, for example – is a wise strategy for reducing risk.

 
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Wednesday links: reaching for yield

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Reaching for yield almost always ends badly.  (Big Picture also FT Alphaville)

 
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