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I haven't read this book yet (I sometimes feel like dragoncar) but I usually like his viewpoint so I will now. For those who don't know Tresidder:
His website:
http://financialmentor.com/
One of his better articles (I'm pretty sure it's been posted here before):
http://financialmentor.com/free-article ... eally-safe
I also like this article about multiple income streams:
http://financialmentor.com/free-article ... -of-income
His website:
http://financialmentor.com/
One of his better articles (I'm pretty sure it's been posted here before):
http://financialmentor.com/free-article ... eally-safe
I also like this article about multiple income streams:
http://financialmentor.com/free-article ... -of-income
Ok, I've read it. The funniest thing was the "money back guarantee". Basically, he did an ERE by saving 70% of income. The last part of the book is the best. If you want to better understand his valuation conclusions about the market in the middle, read John Hussman's newsletters. On internet every Monday.
The advice is generally good -- especially about saving at the end, but there is too much emphasis on stock market returns and buying annuities. Also, the writing style is promotional -- I get the feeling that his real goal is to get you to hire him so he can sell you some of those annuities or something else. He touches on having non-correlated assets, but does not really explore them in detail like one might in a Ray Dalio type or Permanent Portfolio type of discussion.
If you read his website, you see that ultimately he is seeking to sign up relatively high net worth clients and coach them for $600 -$850 a month. It's a business and all of his writing is designed to feed it. That's fine, but the internet is cheaper.
If its not free advice (or damn close to it), it's probably not for me. I would say read his free stuff for what its worth, but don't get sucked in for the pay-for-view. Not unique content. Not a sociopath like Kiyosaki, though.
The advice is generally good -- especially about saving at the end, but there is too much emphasis on stock market returns and buying annuities. Also, the writing style is promotional -- I get the feeling that his real goal is to get you to hire him so he can sell you some of those annuities or something else. He touches on having non-correlated assets, but does not really explore them in detail like one might in a Ray Dalio type or Permanent Portfolio type of discussion.
If you read his website, you see that ultimately he is seeking to sign up relatively high net worth clients and coach them for $600 -$850 a month. It's a business and all of his writing is designed to feed it. That's fine, but the internet is cheaper.
If its not free advice (or damn close to it), it's probably not for me. I would say read his free stuff for what its worth, but don't get sucked in for the pay-for-view. Not unique content. Not a sociopath like Kiyosaki, though.