By Dr. Jim Dahle, WCI Founder

Persona finance and investing writing is generally a pretty dry subject, whether it is a book, an article, or even this blog. There will never be a line stretching around the corner of the bookstore of people camping out for the third volume of a series on investing for retirement. It just isn’t Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Twilight kind of material.

When something even mildly entertaining on the subject comes along, it might get played and replayed for decades to come. Thus it is with the infamous Steve Martin Saturday Night Live “Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford” video. If you’ve never seen it, you’ll want to watch it before finishing the rest of this post.

The best comedy is based on reality. It allows us to see ourselves and our silliness from another perspective. My favorite line of the sketch is

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