For whatever reason, people love to ask me about my biggest money mistake. Other bloggers will ask it when they are compiling a top ten article. For a few years, I had gave some answers, but I didn't have any strong conviction behind them. There was a brief period of day trading after college. I also bought a convertible after college. Basically, the "after college" time wouldn't make many of my financial highlight reels. However, in … [Read More...]
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