You should avoid Dave Ramsey’s mutual fund diversification advice

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

In this edition: Here’s 3 reasons why I think you should avoid Dave Ramsey’s recommended strategy for diversifying with mutual funds. If you didn’t watch last week’s episode about Dave and website MotleyFool.com both arguing about whether it’s possible to get 12% returns on your mutual funds, you really should. BTW – I’m still a big fan of Dave’s get … Read More

Dave Ramsey & MotleyFool.com miss the mark arguing about 12% returns

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

In this edition: Did you hear about the Twitter war between Dave Ramsey and the MotleyFool.com website? It all centered around Dave’s suggestion that it’s possible, even easy, to get 12% returns on your mutual funds. Several financial planners and the MotleyFool.com website have challenged him on this. And it got rather heated on twitter over the last several weeks. … Read More