The internet discusssion-board is the best of communications mediums. The internet discussion-board is the worst of communications mediums. It truly is both! Since the Financial-Freedom Discussion-Board Community was formed in 1999, thousands of middle-class workers seeking to learn better ways to save and invest and advance in their careers have together developed hundreds of powerful money-management insights. We have also suffered more than our share of the troubles brought on by the bane of this new communications medium–the abusive poster. Our community hopes to develop stronger leaders who will enforce our posting rules in reasonable and effective ways and thereby permit us all to learn more and make quicker progress on our plans to win financial freedom early in life.
We’ve Moved — Please Join Us at the New Place! – Our final entry!
“From Shattered Dreams of Early Retirement… to Reassurance from Quantitiative Research” – Patricia’s story.
I’m Superman! – The quick and easy way to become very famous and very unpopular.
Greaney Reports on Social Security Benefits “Loophole” – Worth checking out.
The Buy-and-Hold Reality Checker Is Coming! – Our fourth investing calculator will be unveiled soon.
This Blog Will Be Terminated With Extreme Prejudice – Please subscribe to the RSS Feed for “A Rich Life.”
Buzz Updates – “A different retirement calculator,” and more.
Buzz Updates – We are listed as one of “The Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs.”
Buzz Updates – Let’s give them something to talk about.
“I Now Live on SS and in HUD-Subsisized Housing…But My Time’s My Own”
Buzz Updates – Let’s give them something to talk about.
“I Woke at 4:00 am and Stared at the Wall for 20 Minutes” – Tasha’s story.
Does Mel Lindauer Run Vanguard? – When will John Bogle pick up the telephone?
“This is What Investing Should Be — Calculated, Deliberate, Confident, Informed and Simple” – Aaron’s story.
Warning: I Talk to Goons – A doctor needs to get his hands bloody dealing with disease to learn how to treat it effectively.
They Hate Me! They Really, Really Hate Me! – I said that it looked like a gradual opening to the idea of permitting honest posting, didn’t I?
A Gradual Opening to the Idea of Permitting Honest Posting – It’s getting better all the time.
“Passion Saving is the Your Money or Your Life Book for a New Generation” – Some kind words from The Dollar Stretcher web site.
“For Entertainment Purposes Only” – Catwoman turns on the Joker.
Network Abundance Radio Interviews Rob on the Passion Saving Concept – You don’t need a how-to. You need a why-to.
“It’s Not Like You Are Proposing Some Wild New Idea” – “This is what all the fuss is about?” asks Jim Wiandt, publisher of IndexUniverse.com.
The Lighter Side of The Great Debate – A confirmed optimist can find some good even in a site that can generally be characterized as a big pile of smelly garbage.
IndexUniverse.com on “Guys Named Rob” – Jim Wiandt refers to me as an “agitator.” I forgive him.
Stock Slaves – When we lie to our friends about investing, we lose something more precious than financial freedom.
Seth Godin on The New School – We won! Or so say the encyclopedia salesmen.
My Advice to Bogle on Dealing with the Lindauerheads – If Bogle takes out the Goons, maybe we really should begin referring to him as “Saint Jack.”
My E-Mail to the St. Petersburg Times re the Lindauerheads – Bogle should disassociate himself from the ugliness.
“Here Was Someone Who…Was Not Afraid to Call the Corporate Culture B.S.” – Tmeri’s story.
“A Less Secure Future, But a Good Retirement Already Had” – Arty’s story.
False Investing Claims Hurt Humans and Other Smart, Fun-Loving Mammals – An addendum to our Disclaimer language.
“I Was Able to Take an Extended Leave” – Javier’s story.
The Lindauerheads Explore Valuation-Informed Indexing – Peter71 finds a break in the line and makes a nice run for freedom.
Part Two of Rob’s Interview on the Money, Mission and MeaningPodcast – Rob explains how he lives a no-denial middle-class life on a remarkably small amount of money.
Girls Like Me – That’s right! The women are smarter!
My E-Mail to Money Magazine re the Lindauerheads Board – The Reasonable Troll offers to tell all!
Scott Burns: “The Whole Idea That There Is a New School of SWRs Reeks of Personal Aggrandizement” – I am taken to task for possessing a “missionary zeal” that is “catastrophically unproductive.”
Part One of Rob’s Interview on the Money, Mission and MeaningPodcast – Rob pushes aside his keyboard and speaks a few words.
Scott Burns Distances Himself from the New School SWR Approach – “I think you need to view the issue more broadly.”
“Saving Doesn’t Have to Be Boring or Painful” – Mohammad Fauzi Taib write some kind words about the PassionSaving.com site.
The Scenario Surfer Is Here! – Timing beats rebalancing? Timing beats rebalancing!
Forbes Fires Back at the Goons – I’ve seen thousands of fine people intimidated into silence.
“Made Me Want to Raise the Bar a Bit” – Anson gets the passion.
MSN Money Profiles Rob’s Retire Early Plan – Photo included!
The Early Retirement Forum Discusses “The Troubles” – Our quest for a higher-quality Goon poster.
Investing Discussion Boards Ban Honest Posting on Valuations! – We are a good people, a smart people, a generous people, a nutso people.
8 Paths to Financial Independence – You can get there from here.
The Scenario Surfer Is Coming! – John Walter Russell and I are working on our third investing calculator.
Personal Finance Advice for the Rest of Us – This is the Doctor Pepper of money sites.
The Terrible Truth About Cute Fuzzy Bunny – He’s not really cute. He’s not really fuzzy. He’s not really a bunny.
Money Is Cereal Business – Deadly cereal.
The Questions Bogle Wasn’t Asked at the Vanguard Diehards Meeting – We all lose when “experts” like Bogle are protected from coming to terms with the fundamental investing realtiies.
“Preach It, Brother!” – Janine Bolon’s testimonial for Passion Saving.
Rob Bennett’s Weaknesses as a Money Advisor – Rob Bennett seems like a nice enough individual, but I have it on good authority that he’s a true Numbers Dunce.
Bogle Disgraces Himself – Lindauer defends Greaney. Bogle stands on the same stage as Lindauer. What does that say about Bogle?
Our “Dumb Ass” Community Soldiers On – It takes time to build a new model of how to invest successfully for the long run.
Does a Strong Economy Require Wasteful Spending? – Many say this is so. I don’t buy it.
Mixing the Blues and the Whites – Getting on too well with secretaries can be a career-limiting move.
Change the World (of Investing) – My proposed Manifesto.
New Yorks Times Reports on Growing Disgust with The Little Stinkers – The Normals are getting fed up.
Rob’s Radio Interview on the Passion Saving Concept – The perfect introduction for those who prefer to take in information by hearing it rather than by reading it.
My Ten Favorite Articles at This Site – Read these first.
“My Usual Skepticism Went Out the Window” – Blane’s take on my book.
Community Comments on The Stock-Return Predictor – Thumbs up (with some dissenting views).
Links.com Review of The Return Predictor – Thumbs up.
Banned at Morningstar! – Are you beginning to detect a pattern?
An Old Friend Does His Part to “Save the Retirements!” – Ed Easterling endorses The New School of SWR Analysis.
My Second Book – Why stocks let you down, and how to make sure it never happens again.
It’s Not About Retirement, It’s About Empowerment – Our Glory Days.
Credentials – I’m not a Numbers Guy. I’m an Emotions Guy. Does what I have to say about investing for the long run count for anything?
The Latest on SWRs – Is it possible that I have paid off all of the people who have expressed excitement about the Passion Saving approach to money management?
On the Boards – Thinking on your seat.
We’re Lovers, Not Fighters – Either you get the joke, or you just don’t get it.
We’re Lovers, Not Fighters – Either you get the joke, or you just don’t get it.
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