I discovered an old post over at Fire Finance today talking about Dilbert author Scott Adam’s views of personal finance. In his book Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel
1. Make a will.
2. Pay off your credit cards.
3. Get term life insurance if you have a family to support.
4. Fund your 401(k) to the maximum.
5. Fund your IRA to the maximum.
6. Buy a house if you want to live in a house and can afford it.
7. Put six months expenses in a money market account.
8. Take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement.
9. If any of this confuses you, or you have something special going on (retirement, college planning, a tax issue), hire a fee-based financial planner, not one who charges a percentage of your portfolio.
I have to say, his one page finance book actually sounds like good advice! What do you think?
LINKS:
Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel
Fire Finance
Dilbert Blog
Last Edited: 8th February 2008
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