Financial Geekery

I've been getting this question a lot lately: "why should I hold bonds in my portfolio?" And as is the case with any question that (a) is...

At Seaborn, I'm dancing a little jig; I've been hoping this day would come for a while, but wasn't sure how it would happen. And now it's...

New Year's has come, and New Year's has gone; how are your resolutions coming along? Confession: I am not, in fact, blessed with a long...

A while back, I wrote about my experience leaving my engineering career -- specifically, why I would do such a seemingly-silly thing!...

Sometimes, though, it makes sense to talk about what might not belong in your portfolio...

If you're interested in a behind-the-scenes look at Seaborn Financial, check out my interview with XYPN Radio. We talk about how I built...

Why did I leave the 9-5? It's an important question, and it touches on an even more important one: "what is 'enough'?"

I'd like to throw some words at you that you may hear in conversation with a financial planner and/or investment manager.

The truth is that unless you're hell-bent on someone inheriting your house (and often even then -- see below!), reverse mortgages are an

Let's talk about why we own stocks and why we would care whether it generates dividends, and then come back to the question.