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Posted in Financial statements, Investing, Sports, Stocks on Jul 25th, 2008
I’ve talked about trying to create a series of good analogies between sports and investing before. The reason why I think it’s such a great idea is because it would open the doors to what is one of the most accessible ways for people to build long-term wealth — the stock market. But going through [...]
Posted in Investing on Jul 17th, 2008
First of all, let me remind everyone that I am a Warren Buffet disciple when it comes to investing — I believe that, when it comes to individual stock investing, what matters is the long term performance of a company. I am not a trader: I’m not interested in making a quick buck or in [...]
Last year my future in-laws decided to take M and I on a trip to Aruba and I was thrilled. But my father-in-law really wanted to do some scuba diving and M was already certified, so they asked me if I was interested. I had never done anything like it but decided it would be [...]
Last week I wrote about how the markets have got me nervous. My reasons aren’t because my investments are losing value, it’s because I’m not sure how to best take advantage of the drop.
It’s not easy seeing your hard-earned, hard-saved money getting lobbed off at the head, but that’s just the nature of the beast. [...]
Posted in Investing on Jan 14th, 2008
It seems everyone is nervous about the stock market right now.
We are either in a recession or we are headed right into a recession. Stocks are going to drop and may drop even further. It’s time for a correction. We are already in a correction. Should you sell? Is it time to sell? What should [...]
I normally don’t recommend any articles from The Motley Fool (they are mostly glorified infomercials for their products. Entertaining, sure, but still just looking to sell you on things), but this one actually brings up a good point.
It’s probably the number one reason why people lose money in the stock market: the stock price has [...]
This topic has been getting more and more press and I think that’s great, since most people don’t give it the importance it deserves. Instead of working on asset allocation and letting the portfolio do it’s thing, people want to constantly tweak and buy and sell and it’s just too hectic a way to live.
What [...]
Posted in Finance on Oct 17th, 2007
I like Ben Stein. I read his stuff all the time over on Yahoo Finance.
In this article he talks about the essential advice he would give someone if he were about to die (kind of like my book recommendations, only more drastic). It’s all vintage Stein: index funds, thinking about the long term and [...]
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