http://guruwatch.org Keeping an eye out for your favorite gurus Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:14:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having seen Tom Peters live, I had to laugh while reading a recent USA Today interview with the management guru. Apparently, there's been some brouhaha between Peters and Fast Company Magazine -- who, at an earlier point in my life, I thought were almost one and the same. ... http://guruwatch.org/management/tom-peters-sidesteps-question-about-falsification/ Golbguru from Money, Matter and More Musings wonders if David Bach's math is misleading. The author's simplification of leverage glosses over the finer points, and Golbguru explains how Bach ignores payments on the mortgage one must make. this should be considered part of the cost of investment if ... http://guruwatch.org/finance/does-david-bach-overstate-the-power-of-leverage/ Look, I may be the furthest you can get from a Suze Orman supporter. But all this talk in the financial blogsophere about Suze Orman being gay has got to stop! Grow up! There are more important financial decisions and learnings out there than lingering on this news development. Which brings ... http://guruwatch.org/suze-orman/not-that-theres-anything-wrong-with-it/ Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, wrote a new column for Yahoo! Finance about the growing possibility of deflation. For the next couple of years, Kiyosaki recommends keeping debt ratios in check, keeping cash on hand, and owning some gold and silver. I think it's always a good idea ... http://guruwatch.org/robert-kiyosaki/kiyosaki-throwing-good-money-after-bad/ Dave Ramsey is a guru with a loyal throng of fans. Either you love him or you hate him. JLP from AllFinancialMatters made his opinion known, although his post didn't say much. Any attack on Ramsey, no matter how brief, attracts vitriliolic comments from both lovers and ... http://guruwatch.org/finance/dave-ramsey-is-the-hot-topic/ Suze Orman, a regular person of interest here on GuruWatch is at it again? At what you might ask? Even while her brash personality and personal financial advice is debatable, there are not many who will argue that she is a savvy business woman who knows how to market herself. ... http://guruwatch.org/suze-orman/suze-orman-gets-in-bed-with-td-ameritrade/ Cap from StopBuyingCrap.com is assembling a list of gurus he hates and a few he doesn't hate. Check out what he has to say about Trump and Kiyosaki. The real reason why Kiyosaki is on this list though, is because of his irresponsible recommendations and suggestions on achieving financial independence. ... http://guruwatch.org/robert-kiyosaki/financial-gurus-hated-by-cap/ GolbGuru from Money, Matter, and More Musings ran the numbers and pointed out a major flaw with Dave Ramsey's Drive Free, Retire Rich philosophy. Dave Ramsey says: You want a brand new sports car that would normally cost you $475 a month. The car you are driving now is worth $1,500. If you ... http://guruwatch.org/finance/dave-ramseys-drive-free-theory-flawed/ Suze Orman will be speaking at The Bushnell in Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday, January 24 at 7:30 pm. Tickets cost between $30 and $55 or you can pay a little more, $125, to be a VIP for the evening and meet Suze. The basic seats can be purchased ... http://guruwatch.org/suze-orman/suze-orman-life-out-loud-in-hartford-connecticut/ Remember that comedy routine from Jeff Foxworthy? You know, the one that starts with "you know you're a redneck if ...."? I'm not that creative to create an entire list, but we can certainly start one about so-called financial gurus and keep adding to it, right? Let's jump right into ... http://guruwatch.org/jim-cramer/jim-cramer-you-know-youre-a-guru-if/