Articles

From time to time, Mentor Capital publishes articles both on this site and in third-party publications. We also like to highlight articles others have written. We've collected all of ours and links to others here for you to read. Shown below are the most recent articles we've written. You may also browse by category on the left.

Financial Planning News - October 2007

In Mentor Capital Newsletter

Deciphering the profession's alphabet soup; Make your cash work more for you; Guilt: A big roadblock to financial success; How to avaoid financial scams; Where Michigan goes, will Illinois follow?; Don't buy a tax liability Read »

How to avoid financial scams

In Mentor Capital Newsletter

Beware: There are people out there who are trying to take our money. They play on our trust to get us to open our wallets, only to fill their own. Read »

Make your cash work more for you

In Mentor Capital Newsletter

Many people keep their cash in a checking or savings account at a bank. Read »

Guilt: A big roadblock to financial success

In Economics

The six deadly "sins" of personal finance are sins of emotion. Emotion clouds our judgment and leads us to make foolish decisions. This first in a series will explore the sin of guilt; fear, greed, pride, sloth and envy will follow. Read »

Deciphering the profession's alphabet soup

In Economics

There are so many designations and certifications for financial professionals that figuring out what kind is best for you can be very daunting. Read »

Fiduciary podcast

In What's up with us!

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As Congress fiddles, taxpayers get burned

In Tax Planning

Posturing over the war in Iraq, running for re-election and, yes, commissioning a special study of the life of Cesar Chavez (H.R.359) have distracted our representatives this year from fixing the tax code. Read »