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This personal blog began as a hobby and gradually took on a life of its own as readers became interested in Joshua Kennon’s work, ideas, and methods predominately through the years 2001-2017 when he was the Investing for Beginners guide at one of the largest websites on the internet.

As his obligations have grown, he has had to bring in outside help to handle some of the tasks related to its upkeep and management. That is the reason readers may have seen pages taken down for maintenance then re-published in recent weeks, or changes in the design and layout. This work is on-going and, we hope, ultimately beneficial to the community.

As a result of these upgrades and changes requiring additional help, messages submitted through this page may be reviewed by the site’s moderation team. Relevant correspondence may then be forwarded to Joshua for his consideration. Over the years, this has led to meaningful exchanges with readers, some of whom have influenced the content and tone of the site. Due to the volume of correspondence, however, not every message can be forwarded and a personal response is not always possible.

A Message from the Moderator Team

Thoughtful messages are appreciated, whether they contain a simple thank-you, a correction, or a suggestion for additional content. However, to be fair to everyone given the time constraints and personal nature of questions frequently sent in by readers, there are five guidelines the moderation team uses that generally will result in a message not being forwarded. To save you time, and explain the reason, here they are:

1. Messages submitted using a false or invalid email address will not be forwarded because if a matter is important enough to raise it is important enough to use a legitimate email account capable of receiving a response.
2. Messages that say only, “I would like to speak with Mr. Kennon about [topic]. Please have him contact me,” will not be forwarded because there just isn’t enough time in the day nor is it possible to differentiate from spam. Please explain the reason for writing so the moderation team can evaluate the request and, where appropriate, provide Joshua with the relevant context.
3. Requests for funding from the Kennon-Green Family Foundation will not be forwarded because charitable donations are handled privately on an unsolicited basis.
4. Messages that are not coherent, or for some reason unkind, will not be forwarded because there is no point.
5. When writing about a specific article, please check its publication date before submitting a comment. Messages that are about archived content older than 18 months from today’s date will almost never be forwarded because this site has existed for a long time and some posts were written fifteen or twenty years ago. Interest rates, economic conditions, housing prices, laws, markets, society, culture, the regulatory environment, and political administrations have changed substantially. Joshua’s opinions may not even be the same given age, experience, wisdom, maturity, or new facts or evidence. Those posts are similar to a newspaper or magazine article that is now stored in the archive section of the library; closed to comments and there for your convenience but otherwise not relevant.

Legal Disclaimers and Important Information

Please note that you may or may not receive a response to your message and that you are bound by the site User Agreement.  If you do receive a response, it will be sent to the email address you list in the form box and will not be used for other purposes (you don’t have to worry about getting junk mail from us – we hate it as much as you do).  If you don’t want your message considered for publication as a mail bag, or want certain details changed if it is published, please include this in the message body.  If you are contacting the site or Kennon & Green Press, LLC about copyright issues, you can find information about designation of agent to receive notification of claimed infringement for the Safe Harbor provision of the Millennium Digital Copyright Act in the User Agreement.