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• My Experiences Investing in a Start-Up, Part 4: Gamecom Enters

  

  After graduating Berkeley and spending about a year looking for a job, I finally landed one out in Tennessee. My wife and I started the long drive across the... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• My Experiences Investing in a Start-Up, Part 3: The Long Winter

  

  Spring Fling behind us, Bob and I both graduated and went our separate ways. I went off to UC Berkeley to pursue a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• My Experiences Investing in a Start-Up, Part 2

  

  Spring Fling, the annual campus carnival, was a day away and I jumped in the back of an old pick-up truck with a load of lumber and tools to build our booth. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• My Experiences Investing in a Start-Up

  

  It was the late fall of 1992, I believe. I was sitting with a friend of mine, Bob Ferris, who I knew from the Engineering Student Council in Mama’s Pizza, next... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Want to Have Your Money and Your Glass of Wine? Check Out Home Wine Making

  

  Are you a drinker? Do you like a nice bottle of wine with a good meal, or perhaps a glass of wine in the afternoon while you sit and contemplate your day?... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Student Loans Are a Good Thing

  

  Now that I have your attention, lets me say that if you can get through college without student loans, that is way, way better than starting out your adult... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Bank of Mom and Dad (MAD)

  

  In order to help teach our children about banking and saving, we started what we called The Bank of MAD, which stands for “The Bank of Mom and Dad.” Each of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Does Diversification Matter in Investing?

  

  If you’ve been reading these pages, or virtually any reputable blog or book on investing, you’ve probably heard of the need for diversification when investing. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Many Shares Should You Buy of Individual Stocks?

  

  People who know what they’re talking about when it comes to investing will tell you to invest in mutual funds, specifically index mutual funds because of their... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Solve the Traffic Congestion Problem

  

  For years, people have envisioned having a flying car so that they could just fly over the traffic and make it to work in ten minutes instead of sitting in... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Start Investing in Single-Stocks

  

  Despite what you hear about single-stock investing being a loser’s game, and how 90% of the time index funds will beat stock picking, there is a real advantage... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• FIREd by Fifty is on Final Edits

  

  About two years ago I started my second personal finance book. My first book, SmallIvy Book of Investing: Book 1: Investing to Become Wealthy, was about using... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Hillbilly Elegy, Small Investor Book Club

  

  This month we’re reading Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance for the Small Investor Book Club. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Basics of Bonds

  

  A blast from the past with great info for those interested in bonds. The Small Investor Understanding bonds and things like why they behave the way they do if... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Recommended Books on Investing — The Small Investor

  

  Want to learn to invest or get better at investing? Here are some of the best books I found to improve my investing. Buy a copy through the links below (or buy... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Advice for Those Starting to Invest Later in Life

  

  Dear SmallIvy, I am receiving Social Security Disability benefits. I would like to start investing but I am not sure where to start. I am a late start investor ... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Things to Consider for Unmarried Couples

  

  In the United States before about the 1970’s, most people would get married fairly young, probably before the age of 25, or even 21. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Dave Ramsey is Out-of Touch? Who Should You Listen to for Financial Advice?

  

  Today I was reading a post on Ninjabudgeter called Why I Stopped Following Dave Ramsey. In general, I disagreed with a lot of his comments, although I understan... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Determine If a Stock is Over Or Under-Priced

  

  So you’re ready to make your first stock purchase. You have the company you’re interested in purchasing picked out, and you’re about ready to pull the trigger. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Finding Stocks for Long-Term Growth

  

  Mutual funds should be the foundation of your retirement accounts, your health savings accounts, and your college accounts. Once you have those areas covered,... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2018 BUSINESS, FINANCE