So, Pollack grabbed an index card from his daughter, wrote several personal finance principles, snapped a photo with his phone and posted it online. The actual index card was 4-by-6 inches (rather ...

Two years ago, University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack wrote his entire financial plan on an index card. It blew up. People loved the idea. Financial advice is often intentionally ...

This week has been a chaotic one on Wall Street and in stock markets from Shenzen to Amsterdam. For most investors, though, one little index card is all you need to get through the turmoil. A ...

Rule No. 6 on the index card is to make your financial adviser commit to the Fiduciary Standard — meaning that your interests come first. But the regulations around that can be mushy.

Harold Pollack. Courtesy of Harold Pollack In 2013, University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack offhandedly mentioned that the best money advice fits on a three-by-five inch index card while ...