More depressed after looking at Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram? Feel like everyone else is winning out there? You are not alone. I cut the Facebook cord a few years ago and never looked back. We cut cable in the house last Fall and immediately felt happier without watching the news. I didn’t realize that this […]
Archives for March 2018
Top 5 Books for Finance Students
As a professor, I give book recommendations to students every semester. I decided to condense the list to the top 5 books for finance majors. The reality is that finance students are money dorks and I can recommend books that others wouldn’t find as interesting. So here is the list with more details below. Top 5 […]
How I got my Ph.D. for free
Every so often I have a truly gifted student in my class that comes to me to discuss getting their Ph.D. They are hesitant because of the lack of knowledge surrounding what a doctoral program is like, how long it takes, and what it costs. Graduate school has this scary connotation. It must be expensive […]
Conflicts of Interest Hidden in Financial Advisor Fees
Many things set financial advisors apart from one another. Education, personality, and investment philosophy are just some of the ways that a potential client can evaluate the decision to pursue an advisor relationship. I have written before about whether financial advisors are needed or the difficulty in reading their disclosures, but what I haven’t talked […]