Jerry Maguire (1996)
Final in our Oscar week series on money and the movies. From “Jerry Maguire” the following exchange. Dicky Fox: Hey, I don’t have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of […]
The Sting (1973)
Continuing an Oscar week tribute to financial planning lessons from the movies. Doyle Lonnegan: “I put it all on Lucky Dan; half a million dollars to win.” Kid Twist: “To win? I said place! ‘Place hit on Lucky D’ That horse is gonna run second!” Here’s a warning about putting all your eggs in one basket […]
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
In our continuing salute to the movies and financial planning lessons, this line from the 1960 oater classic “The Magnificent Seven” Calvera: If God didn’t want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep. Be careful out there. The investment world is full of charlatans who promise you something for nothing and usually you […]
Mad Money
For Oscars week we will take a look at financial planning and the movies. Take these lines from the movie Mad Money released in 2008. Molly: “That could be your savings account!” Bridget Cardigan: “I don’t think so; it has money in it.” Having a savings account is one of the very first steps […]
More for Your Money
To wrap up our Grammy week tribute to money and music here is one of my personal favorites. Keb’ Mo’ presents a playful and sarcastic tune to get us to think about the things we give up for Mo Money. Well I needed a part for my washing machine They picked up the call in […]
Money
No chance of leaving Pink Floyd out of the music and money conversation. Released in March of 1973 on the “Dark Side of the Moon” album, Money is a bit of a criticism of conspicuous consumption. Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K. Money, it’s a gas Grab that […]
Taxman
Continuing our Grammy week of musical financial planning. Taxes have always been a vexing problem, reaching back to 1966 we hear the Beatles complaining about the taxman. Sorry no Beatles video, but we did find George Harrison. If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat […]
Grammy’s Week – Take This Job and Shove It
The Grammy Awards are approaching and in anticipation the rest of the week our posts will be to relate a few songs to financial planning ideas. We hope to have some fun with this. In 1977 Johnny Paycheck had a hit with Take This Job and Shove It. Sadly, it is about a man who […]
Real and Feel
Back when Tiger Woods worked with Butch Harmon and was winning nearly every tournament he entered, Tiger and Butch would talk a lot about how real and feel were two different things in his golf swing. Maybe something felt right, but it did not result in a great golf stroke. That is often the same […]
Sooner or Later?
If you think risk is the chance your investment dollar will go down today, then I challenge you to ask the question “When should I take on risk?” If you choose to put your money in a CD or savings account, you avoid the risk of any fluctuation of the principle. You do have the […]
