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My name is Michael Taylor. I founded Bankers Anonymous because, as a recovering banker, I believe that the gap between the financial world as I know it and the public discourse about finance is more than just a problem for a family trying to balance their checkbook, or politicians trying to score ...more
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Executive Pay With Equity Awards: It Takes A Buffett To Push This Agenda
Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:35 PM EDT
Certain executive pay packages which result from stock or stock option awards are ridiculous. Rather than matching “pay to performance” as proponents claim, the equity awards to executives often create absurd payouts for bad performance, or substitute lucky timing for skill. Warren Buffet agrees.
In this article: BRK-A, KO
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The New MyRA – From The Department Of Bad Retirement Ideas
Monday, April 21, 2014 1:28 PM EDT
The federal government – following an idea proposed during Obama’s January 2014 State of the Union address – will role out a new simplified IRA plan later this year, designed as a starter retirement account, known by the catchy name MyRA.
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A Fascinating Executive Compensation Story – Yahoo!
Friday, April 18, 2014 6:29 PM EDT
Every once in a while we get hit in the head with a new example of how “executive compensation” and “executive performance” have close to zero correlation in practice. The key to this disconnect is typically “incentive pay” through company stock or stock options.
In this article: BAC, ALBCF, YHOO
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Mike Bloomberg: More Bucks For Less Bangs
Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:58 PM EDT
he New York Times reports today that Mike Bloomberg will dedicate $50 million of his fortune to seeding gun control advocacy organizations. Bloomberg will specifically target grass-roots organizations on the MADD model – groups founded and energized by pissed-off moms.
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Book Review: Words And Money By Andre Schiffrin
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:20 AM EDT
André Schiffrin, the author of Words and Money, has spent a lifetime firmly in the traditional print media camp as a publisher (Pantheon Books), founder of a publisher (New Press), and author.
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Book Review: Think And Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill
Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:50 AM EDT
Can you simultaneously find something personally un-appealing, yet respect its effectiveness, when considered on its own terms?
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One Source Of College Costs: Administrators!
Monday, March 31, 2014 4:52 PM EDT
A friend sent me an article this week regarding the rise in college administrators which present some dramatic assertions...
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Ask An Ex-Banker: Estimating Monthly Savings To Meet College Costs
Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:08 PM EDT
If a family was sending their child to college this fall, AND they were fully able to pay cash (from an educational tax deferred plan) what would their monthly contributions look like for the previous eighteen years?
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College Costs Op-Ed In New York Times
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:24 PM EDT
The New York Times recently had a great Op-Ed about the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculation, which I encourage all parents with college-bound kids to check out.
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The Good Old Days Of Filing Income Taxes – 1948 Edition
Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:45 PM EDT
For Throwback Thursday, the first day of Spring, and just three weeks until income tax returns are due, I offer up this vintage 1948 Federal income tax for 1040.
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College Savings Vs. Retirement Savings
Monday, March 3, 2014 7:11 AM EDT
An astute reader pointed out some qualifications to my Friday post on 529 college savings accounts – specifically, reasons not to fund them.
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College Savings And Compound Interest
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:23 PM EDT
My littlest one turned four years-old last weekend, and my eight year-old is taking a Texas-Public-Schools-3rd-Grade-State-Mandated-Standardized-Test this week, so you can probably guess what’s on this ex-banker’s mind: Time is quickly running out for me to save money for their college tuition.
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Podcast Interview: Lars Kroijer (Part II) – On Having An Edge In The Markets
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:29 PM EDT
In this discussion with author Lars Kroijer, we talk about the main assumption of his book Investing Demystified: ‘beating the market’ lies somewhere between highly unlikely and impossible. The goal for individuals should be, instead, to earn market returns.
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Podcast Interview: Lars Kroijer (Part I) – On Global Diversification
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:22 PM EDT
In the first section of this interview with author Lars Kroijer we talk about his idea, from the book Investing Demystified, that we should all seek portfolio exposure to the broadest segment of global equities. Audio length 12:59. Transcript provided.
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Video: Russian TV On Bankers’ Stressful Lives
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:53 AM EDT
I did an interview recently for RT London, which I gather is sort of Putin’s version of a Russian CNN or Qatar’s Al Jazeera. Just more sensational.
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The Efficient Market Hypothesis: The 7 Levels Of Nate Silver
Monday, February 17, 2014 3:17 PM EDT
One of the most important, but controversial, ideas of investing is the ‘efficient market’ hypothesis...
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