Comments on: Should You Break Up With Suze Orman?

By: Lise

Lise — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:48:31 +0000

Hi Tammy! Thanks for visiting. I have to admit I’m not all that familiar with Dave Ramsey, though I’ve heard a bit about him through the PF/frugality blogosphere. Do you think his books are worth a read?

By: tammy

tammy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:19:17 +0000

I saw Suze last night on tv and she made the point we should all be banking money and forgetting about debt at the moment. It seemed that was a turn around in her thinking.
I guess a lot of “money experts” haven’t had the real world experiences of job loss, divorce or illness. It’s fine for financial experts to pontificate, but when it gets down to brass tacks, I believe Dave Ramsey has it right. Take care of your “personal economy”. Too much info certainly can muck up the waters!
I’m really enjoying this blog- I found you through The Wisdom Journal!

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By: Lise

Lise — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:52:41 +0000

Thanks for the article, Django, and that’s a good point about diversification. I’ll have to research it in more depth.

By: ketsugami

ketsugami — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:32:57 +0000

My instinct is still that DCA is more or less nonsensical. Some other people agree. The theory is that it provides better hedging -- less risk, less potential reward. I'm not sure I buy that it does, but either way diversification is a *far* better method to achieve the same result.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:31:49 +0000

I’ve only seen Ms. Orman on television once, and never read her books.

Seeing her that one time was enough. Her condescending attitude and better-than-you perspective might shame some people into listening to her, but I’m not interested in asking for help from someone who is going to berate me over it, I have better things to do with my time, and there are people out there genuinely interested in helping and not hawking their latest ‘As Seen On TV’ infomercial product.