What Are The Best Investment Blogs and Websites?
Skimming the online version of The Wall Street Journal each day will have a massive impact on your ability to understand investing. “Well, that’s a pretty bold statement.”
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What Are The Best Ways to Invest Money?
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. Boyd“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take your there” That quote is attributed to Lewis Carroll from the book Alice in Wonderland, and that same quote applies to investors. If you’re searching for the best way to invest money, you need a plan. As Admiral Painter says in the movie […]
3 Little Known Factors That Can Affect Your Portfolio: Quandl’s Guide
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydSo, I saw something the other day that I’ve never seen before. I was coming out of a grocery store that was up a hill from a major street, and a truck was approaching the intersection. The truck was hauling a bulldozer on a flatbed trailer and, as the truck approached the intersection, it […]
3 Reasons Why Goldman Sachs Wants To Pay You More Interest
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydI saw a brand new Mercedes truck that has been customized into an ice cream truck. A real ice cream truck- driving down my street playing music to attract people. What’s the breakeven on the cost of a Mercedes ice cream truck? Seems that you’d have to sell a ton of ice cream… Have a […]
How To End Poor Decision Making During Market Volatility
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydNo 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. […]
9 Things Carl Ichan Taught Me About The Markets (6 Video Links)
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydDanger Ahead. This is the title of a brilliant 15-minute video by billionaire investor Carl Ichan in 2015. The video is a clear discussion of some topics that no one else is talking about with the same level of clarity. Ichan’s common sense approach explains how low interest rates and other factors create risks […]
6 Ways to Keep Market Volatility in Perspective
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydAs Ron Burgundy once, said: “That escalated quickly.” The Standard and Poor’s (S&P) 500 stock index is down over 13% year-to-date (as of 8/5/22), and the index was much lower earlier this year. Volatility in stock prices seems to be here to stay, with technology making it much easier to trade and analyze stocks. Your […]
What Ben Franklin Can Teach Us About Millennial Investors
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydThe experiences of many millennials make them highly skeptical about investing and taking risk. This group may face large student loan debt. They’ve seen the dot-com bubble burst after the 1990s, and they’ve watched the financial meltdown of ’08-’09. Their experiences have aligned many of them with the investing philosophy of Ben Franklin. Maybe we can […]
How To Find a Financial Advisor: Upcoming Webinars
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydThe Decision Is Critical Your choices about financial advice have a huge impact over your lifetime. Other than decisions about relationships and careers, these choices may have the biggest impact on your personal life. There are two trends that make finding a financial advisor difficult for investors: #1- An overload of financial information Technology now […]
What Oscar Wilde Can Teach Us About Saving and Investing
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydComparing yourself to other people can create a lot of anxiety. These comparisons can apply to any area of live: Career, marriage, hobbies, fitness. This process can become a vicious cycle: We compare ourselves to other people, we don’t think we measure up- and then we stop trying altogether.