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• How to Start Investing in Single-Stocks

  

  Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Despite what you hear about single-stock investing being a loser’s game, and how 90% of the time index funds will beat... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

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

  

  Photo by Dave Haas on Pexels.com (This is part 3 of the story. To find part one, go here.) Spring Fling behind us, Bob and I both graduated and went our separat... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

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

  

  Photo by Hasan Albari on Pexels.com (This is part 2 of the story. To find part one, go here.) Spring Fling, the annual campus carnival, was a day away and I... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Better Welfare System

  

  An ever-growing share of US Government spending is going towards welfare programs, including food stamps, child care, housing, medical care, preschool, and... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• My Experience Investing in a Start-Up Company, Part 2

  

  Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com (This is the second post in a series on my experiences investing in a start-up company. See the previous post for the... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• My Experiences Investing in a Start-Up: The Buy-In

  

  Photo by Negative Space on Pexels.com 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... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Should I Sell and Wait Out the Crash?

  

  Photo by Kammeran Gonzalez-Keola on Pexels.com Dear SmallIvy, I’m curious what your thoughts are for the market this coming year. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Making 401K Plans Work Better

  

  401k plans are better than traditional pensions. They are also way better than Social Security, assuming they are used correctly. The issue is that they are... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Social Security Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It, in Pictures

  

  Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com Everyone has an opinion about Social Security, but few people really understand how it works. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Raising Corporate Taxes Increases Prices

  

  Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Recently I read a tweet that absolutely blew my mind. The author was advocating for raising the corporate tax to 90%. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Advantages to Investing in Individual Stocks

  

  Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com Note: This will be the first post in this series on individual stock investing and I’ll be adding several more. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why I Like the Three Fund Portfolio

  

  Photo by Ksenia Chernaya on Pexels.com One perception is that investing is complicated. Financial advisors usually don’t do anything to challenge this perceptio... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Hold Your Privilege Talk. Just Say, “Thank You.”

  

  Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com A major reason for building wealth is to provide security, not only for yourself, but also your children, their... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Can McDonald’s Pay $15 Per Hour?

  

  Photo by Daniel Reche on Pexels.com There were several strikes this week at fast food restaurants. McDonald’s was held up as an example of a corporation that... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• 10 Dirt Simple Rules of Money Management

  

  Many people are scared of money management, being worried that it is too complex, so they do nothing. They also don’t want to take the time to develop budgets,... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Bob’s Pizza

  

  For those businesses being forced to close, this is a government taking. The government is taking something of value (a successful business) for the benefit... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What is Short Selling and How to Sell Short

  

  What is Short Selling? Normally when you buy stocks, you do what is called “going long.” Here you enter an order to buy, purchase the shares, hope that they... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2022 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Tipping, from the Customer Perspective

  

  Chocolate Fondue Tipping is largely an American practice. Servers in Europe are paid more in their regular paycheck and as a result customers generally only... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2022 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Different Take on A Bug’s Life

  

  Photo by Egor Kamelev on Pexels.com I’m pleased to announce the my new mini-book, Mutual Fund Sample Portfolios. Many times people are told to invest, but reall... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Three Investments Every New Investor Should Have

  

  Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com (Note, this site contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2022 BUSINESS, FINANCE