Smallivy
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The Small Investor
http://smallivy.wordpress.com/
A blog providing investing techniques and wealth building strategies. This site is designed in particular for those in the middle class who would like to become wealthy. Also provides some analysis of economic theories and policy as it relates to wealth creation and quality of life.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1032 )
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Why Women Are Working More – An Analysis
Women were told in the 1970s and 1980s that they could “have it all.” They could have a great career where they make important decisions and have all of the... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why Diversification Matters in Investing
Concentration makes it easier to build wealth. Diversification helps you keep wealth once you have it. But using concentration to build wealth quickly only work... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why DEI Doesn’t Work
For the last ten years, corporate America has been all about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI. Extensive amounts of training have been provided. Read more
Posted on 20 September 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
We Aren’t Paying Enough for Things
Capitalism and free enterprise is a great system. Like magic, it can make everything work out where people get what they need at prices they can afford. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Dressing for Success at Work for Engineers
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 26 July 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Understanding Stock Buybacks
A lot of attention has been focused lately on stock buybacks. Specifically, they have been demonized as a way where shareholders get rewarded instead of the... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why Buying Cheap Foreign Goods Isn’t a Great Idea
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Dark Side of Covered Call Writing
Many people are learning a hard lesson about writing options this month. As the markets crash, they’re seeing losses in their accounts from option writing. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Budgets Aren’t Just for Saving Money
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why the Odds Are Stacked Against Options Buyers
If you’ve spent anytime at all on X in the FinTwit world, you’ve probably found some people telling about all of the abundant money they’ve made buying options... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Key to Achieving Financial Freedom: Maximizing Your Free Cash Flow
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 16 March 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How The Spread Kills Option Traders
There are several accounts on X talking about how much money you can make on options trading, where you move in and out of options quickly, taking advantage of... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Four Steps to Financial Stability
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 23 February 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Do You Write Covered Calls?
Today we’re going to dive into the world of options and discuss one particular strategy called “covered call writing.” This is a fairly safe way that you can... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
10 Everyday Habits That Help Low-Income Households Save Money
Here are 10 simple to-adopt habits that help low-income households save money without sacrificing fun. Read more
Posted on 26 January 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Using PE to Predict Future Stock Prices
If you invest the way recommended by The Small Investor – buying into great companies and holding them indefinitely – you can use price earnings ratio, or... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2025 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why Don’t We Just Take Elon Musk’s Wealth?
Is Stealing from the Rich the Answer? On X I’m seeing a lot of posts saying that the wealth of the wealthy should just be seized. Read more
Posted on 22 December 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Your Stock’s Way Up, but You Don’t Want to Sell. How to Delay Capital Gains.
One of the main advantages in long-term investing is the ability to delay capital gains taxes. This allows the money you would have been paying in taxes to... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Use Time to Reduce Your Risk When Investing
If buying a stock were a sure thing, you wouldn’t see the 50-100% returns that are common from individual stock investments. Taking risks is what allows you to... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Simple Way to Invest in Your IRA
Before the 401k, there was the IRA. The simple investment account that anyone who had earned income could use to save for retirement. Read more
Posted on 26 October 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE
