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Construction Across The Street: A Personal Finance Story (Chap. 7)

  Authors’ note: Explaining personal finance can be pretty dull, but it’s a subject we all need to continually learn about. I’m trying to fix the problem by using a quirky (funny?) story to explain personal finance. In this story, two friends discuss risk tolerance, asset mix and the concept of beta. The stories are […]

How To End Poor Decision Making During Market Volatility

No one knows enough to be a pessimist. I love this line. It’s from Wayne Dyer, the speaker and author who recently passed away. Here’s another one I like: If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. These two quotes apply to investing decisions in today’s volatile markets. […]

3 Reasons Why Investors Love Predictability

We all love predictability- just the word itself sounds great, doesn’t it? We want out cars to start on a cold winter morning. Travelers want that holiday flight to see the kids to arrive on time. All of us buy particular brands of food, because we know what we’re getting (I stick to Campbell’s Soup, […]

4 Actions Every Investor Must Take

The decisions you make as an investor- even small decisions- have a huge financial impact on your life. You work hard to save, you invest, you put a plan in place. However: that’s not enough. In my 30-years kicking around accounting and finance, I see several actions that investors should take- but don’t. Now, these […]

The Ferrari, Mark Cuban, and Stock Market Trading

The Ferrari passed me going 60 MPH, passing the “Speed Limit 40” sign. I was driving on a road I take the to gym everyday. Sure enough, a police car was hiding near the school entrance- and he pulled over the Ferrari. I was by myself, but couldn’t resist laughing at the driver’s bad fortune… […]