Comments on: Welcome new readers from Yahoo and Bankrate.com

By: Corrine G

Corrine G — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:19:39 +0000

Lost everything in the past ! Starting over from nothing need to Know from trusted site’s for small stocks to start with trust stock broker who’ll sell when there told asap and not wait any time. looking to keep then out of loop more time is of major importants. I do know which one to pick in the past!

By: Francis

Francis — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:44:03 +0000

God bless you for such a wonderful idea you’ve established .

By: M Singh

M Singh — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:49:23 +0000

Hi Ramit,

Found your website’s link on bankrate and have already spent about a couple hours reading interesting articles here. I have about $50,000 to spare that i would like to invest. I have so far been investing this money in CD’s as they paid about 5% returen, but now it’s difficult to get even half of that return. Could you please suggest something that i could invest in. I wouldn’t be using this money for atleast 5 years. I would be comfortable taking only a moderate risk.

Thanks again for putting up such a informative website.

By: Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:37:32 +0000

MoneyEnergy: True. But I always advocate for buy-and-hold, since it nearly always wins over the long term.

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:37:06 +0000

congrats on your book!

though I do have to question the truism about “starting early” as being the best factor for later returns… it certainly helps, but I think it only applies if you’re a buy-and-hold investor aiming for dividend growth. If you’re in and out, it’s not going to matter so much when you started (for both reasons).

By: Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:05 +0000

Hmm…it may be time to change that…

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:09:02 +0000

Dude, I hate to break it to you, but you’re no longer “recent” graduate of Stanford. You graduated in June, 2005.

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:35:01 +0000

Enjoyed the Yahoo Finance/Bankrate piece! I agree with you that new investors will make mistakes, but those mistakes won’t hurt as much as ones made later with more at stake. This is another reason my dollar-cost-averaging into stocks and funds makes sense when you have large sum to invest. Drop the entire amount on a single investment and you could lose your shirt, fast!