Comments on: Batting 1000 in Personal Finance

By: moneysmartz

moneysmartz — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:19:30 +0000

Thanks for the advice!

By: dimes

dimes — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:17:50 +0000

I’m with you on the sitemeter referrals page! I’ve just recently broken 900, 1000, and 1100 all within the same week and it’s because a popular timely search is bringing a lot of curious people to my site. It feels good to see that sitemeter number get bigger and bigger and the thought you might make a difference in someone’s life is encouraging.
If you’re worried about being sued, along with your disclaimer add some liability insurance. People can sue for anything and they don’t have to have found your blogsite to sue you. Anyone with significant assets should have an umbrella policy.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:35:29 +0000

Congratulations! I’m with the pro-net worth crowd but I don’t think you should do something just because everyone else is doing it. I put net worth on for a while (it got me in the NYTimes) but I took it off for six months and then put it back on again with no ill effects (from what I didn’t post it).

Posting a high net worth won’t give you credibility and not posting a net worth will not take away credibility, people will automatically put your words into their BS filter

By: bluntmoney

bluntmoney — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:20:16 +0000

Congrats

By: Golbguru

Golbguru — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:02:39 +0000

Congrats on passing the 1000 mark.

I will gloss upon the lighter side of the net-worth disclosure. Unless you are posting net worths more than a million you should feel pretty safe out there. Because some of the personal finance bloggers are posting to that tune already without hiding their identity. So if someone is interested in suing …there are better and lucrative targets than you are

On a serious note, consider Flexo’s advice. (I already see a disclaimer down below…good work).

Keep up the good work.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:24:14 +0000

Congratulations on your 1000th visitor! I disagree with Bryan’s worry about being sued, but if you’re concerned, include a disclaimer on every page. I’d be more concerned if you have identifying information on the site, so someone can determine what you have that is valuable as well as where you live. If you post you’re going on vacation, they know your house will be empty. That’s the only thing I’d be concerned about, but it’s still so unlikely if you’re even the least bit careful.

By: Bryan C. Fleming

Bryan C. Fleming — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:52:24 +0000

Be careful about sharing your “net worth”. It’s a very cool idea, but think about this….

Someone sees you have a networth of say 100K or a million bucks. So, they decide to sue you to get your nest egg. Maybe they decide to sue you for giving “bad” advice and they lost money.. who knows??? People can and do sue for just about anything. And if they *know* you got money……. well you get the picture.

Be careful with it like I said….

Congrats on your 1000th visitor. Love the site

- Bryan