We believe consumers and clients should be self educated about finance. We urge consumers to avoid reading glib, superficial general interest publications and instead read the rather dry scholarly publications. That way you will escape the gravitational tug of Wall Street's propaganda and instead learn how to access low cost investments.

In order to provide the best service to our clients we spend about 80-100 hours a month reading about finance. Many of these require expensive subscriptions. Here is a list of what we read:

Donald Martin is a Napfa registered fee-only financial planner and investment advisor.