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Len Cabrera is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with a PhD in economics (Florida), a masters degree in operations research (Stanford), and an MBA (West Florida). As if being an economist were not enough to be a know-it-all, he's been to schools for lots of stuff, from auto racing to wilderness survival. (An excessive answer in grad school on what causes engine knock earned him the nickname "The GOAT," for Geek of All Trades.)

He's the author (with Richard Fullerton) of Basic Personal Finance and is currently (sometimes) working on an undergraduate microeconomics textbook. He lives a semi-retired life in Gainesville, FL, and thinks about his book while riding his bike. When not drooling over cars (or lamenting the spread of turbos and l
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Don’t fall for trendy investments

People frequently fall for investment tricks, thinking that the only way to earn big returns is to do the latest trendy thing. Unless you have access to a sitting politician’s financial advisor to benefit from insider trading, you’re not likely to do much better than the average market return. Chasing trends is almost guaranteed to do worse. (And insider trading gets you in jail unless you’re poli

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