The Best of Chance Favors for 2007!

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Hold on a moment while I wipe the cobwebs off of from my computer keyboard, it’s been a while since I sat down to write a post. I hope you haven’t forgotten about me;)

Well it feels good to be back…

I would like to start off by wishing everyone a belated Happy New Year and all the best for 2008! I know I have high expectations for the new year and for this blog and hope you’ve set your own personal goals and resolutions, as well.

Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

If you’ve read my About Me page you may have noticed that I said I was planning a trip to South America sometime late in 2007, well sadly those plans were scrapped (for the time being).

Instead I decided to stay home, sleep in a bit, loaf around the house and take a vacation from writing my blog over the holidays and the first week of January.

It was great to relax, eat (a little too much), drink and have fun with family and friends. In addition, I had 2 friends (who are brothers from New Zealand) staying with me for the past week, and I’m still recovering from a few of the late nights we put in.

Back to Business

Well, since I haven’t posted since way before the New Year I’d like to take this opportunity to highlight some of my favorite posts from 2007.

Some of you may have read a few of these articles, but since 90% of my daily traffic is from new visitors, for many of you this may be first time reading. So here’s some of the best of Chance Favors from 2007:

July

• Fixing the Alignment Between Advisor and Client
• How Financial Advisors Get Paid
• The Upside of Good Financial Planning
• Jumpstart Your Roth IRA
• Baby Steps to Filling a Sizable Void

August

• Inspiration for Chance Favors
• What is ‘Down Home’ Financial Planning?
• Active Investing v Passive Investing? It’s a Secondary Decision in My Book

September

• Relative Investment Performance Can Be Relative
• Giving Away the Shop Gladly

October

• A Cost Comparison- The Real Cost of Mutual Funds
• Trying to Fight the Good Fight
• The Real Cost of Investing in No Load Mutual Funds is…
• C Share Mutual Funds and How They Fit into My Business
• Mutual Fund Hidden Fees- The Real Culprit Is…
• The Best Mutual Fund Cost Calculator- In Action!

November

• Understanding Your Social Security Statement
• An ETF Tax Swap Idea for the Holidays!
• Integrating ‘Down Home’ Planning with Other Personal Finance Blogs

December

• Managed Futures Can Be An Integral Part of Your Investment Allocation
• ETF Capital Gains Distribution Are Virtually Non Existent
• 3 Ways to Build a Model Investment Portfolio using ETF’s
• My Two Cents on ‘12 Investing Mistakes and How You Can Learn From Them’

In Conclusion

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For 2008

I plan on introducing vidcasts and real life scenarios that should help readers to visualize a lot of what I talk about and apply much of it to your own unique situations.

A disconcerting story

(I decided not to publicize my impromptu vacation here on Chance Favors after reading about David Airey’s horror story. David writes a popular graphic design blog that I enjoy reading from time to time.

In late November he let it be known (on his blog) that he would be taking a month off from his blog. Well, a cracker read that and saw David’s vacation as the perfect time to try and crack his blog.

Although my blog is far less popular than his, after reading the story right before Christmas, I decided to just lay low until I was ready to, once again, put finger to keyboard.)

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