» Posted by Martin Weil on June 30, 2009

Three Cups of Tea - an astonishing story of one person making a difference in a very dangerous, and important, region of the world. After finishing the book, you can support Greg Mortenson's heroic efforts here.

» Posted by Martin Weil on June 18, 2009

Morningstar has a great summary of questions anyone should be able to answer in the event of a death or disability of a spouse. Tops on the list: "Whom to contact?" 'Where is everything?" and "Which assets to tap first?" If you or your spouse do not know the answers, now would not be too soon to get up to speed.

» Posted by Martin Weil on June 10, 2009

From the NY Times

» Posted by Martin Weil on June 02, 2009

Speaking at the Morningstar investment conference, John Bogle [founder of Vanguard and indexing champion] says the best investing advice he ever got was when, as a young man working as a "runner" in a brokerage firm, a fellow runner--"who was probably the same age I am now"--told him the secret:

Nobody knows anything.