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The Magic Behind Writing Your Plans Down
For nearly 5,500 years, human beings have written things down. From Hammurabi’s Code and the U.S. Constitution to your personal business plans, writing things down helps people follow rules and … Read More
Walk Before You Run: Phased Planning
Planning for a successful future without your business is a smart strategy. One of the traps that business owners commonly fall into as they begin planning for their successful future … Read More
Poor Planning, Big Problems: The Tale of Tom Poor
“All those years of work are thrown away. To ease your mind is that all you can say? But what about that grandson on your knee? Them railroad songs, Tom … Read More
The Soaring Crypto
The Soaring Crypto What was the highest performing asset over the decade ending on January 1? U.S. stocks? International bonds? Commodities? The stock market of a random emerging nation? Any of those might … Read More
2020 Year-End Market Report
2020 Year-End Investment Market Report It would be hard to imagine a stranger year in the U.S. investment markets than the one just passed, or a year that did … Read More
Is the stock market due for a correction?
Investing Lesson: Never try to predict a correction – you could be waiting a very long time for one to come and it could cost you a lot of money. … Read More
Everybody is susceptible to panic, but you don’t have to give in
When people get lost in the woods, they invariably do one thing. They run (or walk as fast as they can) to get away from the place where they feel … Read More
When Robinhood takes money from the not-so-rich
By now you’ve probably heard all about social media putting one over on the big hedge funds by purposefully jacking up the stock price of companies like GameStop. The members … Read More
Robinhood’s Not So Merry Men and Women
By now, the online mobile stock trading platform Robinhood has become part of everyday conversation. As of 2/1/2021, a Google search of Robinhood returns a staggering 225M hits! If you read many of the … Read More
What to Do About the High Cost of Investment Income
The average cost to generate $1,000 in income from a 50/50 balanced portfolio historically has been about $25,000. Today, $1,000 of income costs approximately $80,000 from a balanced portfolio and briefly exceeded $150,000 for bond investors in 2020. The rising cost of portfolio income is a global phenomenon. Read … Read More