When it came for my parents to retire, they had a rough road ahead of them. Dad had a very small pension from the job he had held for more than 30 years. I’m old enough that it was commonplace, when I was a kid, for moms to stay home full-time, so Mom had not built up any retirement of her own. They had put all of their hopes on social security benefits to survive aside from the very small pension. Ron Pollack

Moneywise, their golden years were really not hat golden. Good thing that I was able to provide assistance to help them get by. Watching them struggle and helped them to through encouraged me to organize my finances and build a strong foundation in preparation for me and my wife’s retirement and eventually avoid being a burden to our grown children.

As I learned more about financial planning, I started reading whatever I could find about the topic. I watched a few companies closely that seemed solid and very interesting. It really has been enjoyable to go on this journey and learn new things.

Along the way, I have found a few individuals, here and there, who claim to be financial gurus, and I have looked into a few to see if they have any words of wisdom that will help me in my journey. Of course, not everything that you read on the Internet is true, so I urge you to investigate anyone before you follow their lead. Based from what I did, I found a few gurus to be less then reputable.

However, one person that I could tell by the way he presented himself and his knowledge should not be ignored although he did not claim himself as a guru. He was Ron Pollack with his success being a short-seller and hedge fund manager of the former Dancing Bear (net short) Fund. Ron has done many investment choices that are now viewed as benchmarks on how low investors should act when they participate in market timing.

His unique perspective regarding investing, along with articles and facts regarding his professional choices, may be found on his web site, RonPollack. com. Ron Pollack

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