Investoid

After a great few days in Miami, I am now back to my (snowy) home. It was interesting to see the concentration of wealth in Miami’s downtown, and all the development that’s going on (I counted over 20 40-story condominium projects going up). While there may be solid investment opportunities there, Miami seems to be the place to go to spend your wealth, not accumulate it.

A lot of the Canadian finance bloggers have posted several solid book reviews in the past few months. Instead of me treading on their already solid content, I’ve decided to start listening to some podcasts and review their quality (I still may review some of the books I have half-finished once I get around to finishing them).

Now that I’ve received my new phone (which I absolutely love), I am starting to listen to investment podcasts when I have time and duties that I can multitask. I started off with David Bach’s FinishRich minute. For those of you who don’t know David, he’s the author of such novels as the Automatic Millionaire and Start Late, Finish Rich. He has Canadian versions of his books for Canuck-specific information. His full bookology is available here.

It’s a daily podcast that quickly covers personal fianance topics, from real estate investing to stock selection. I’ve listened to about half a dozen of these podcasts, and while the general advice is decent, there is little substance (which I guess is to be expected for a 60 second promo). The biggest issue I have with the FinishRich Minute is that 20 seconds or so is advertising for himself and/or sponsors, leaving even less time for any real value. I find that the one-paragraph messages themselves do not provide enough useful information to be worth the time it takes to download them.

While I find the topics David covers interesting, the brevity of his messages is unappealing to me. Nonetheless, if you want to check out David’s podcast for yourself, you can subscribe to it via iTunes or at his FinishRich site.