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An Investment Guaranteed to Pay Dividends
I think about investments a lot … that makes sense given my profession. Yet, as my kids get older, there is an investment I made that paid-off in a big way … and I want to share it with you. Like many parents, I wanted to teach my children that, to a large extent, they
A Helpful Old Parable ...
I was talking to a friend this weekend and was reminded of an old parable I heard years ago… I stand on top of the mountain and I just kick pebbles … Minute by minute, hour after hour, day in and day out … I simply kick pebbles. Mostly, those pebbles fly off into
A Look at Online Trading
Trading used to be reserved to those in the pit at exchanges … but the advent of electronic trading made this enterprise available to a host of other people. Millions of online traders have opened accounts in the past few years. Apps like Robinhood and Coinbase make it easy for retail customers to start trading. Who
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - June 24th, 2018
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links Why Blockchain Isn't a Revolution. (Knowledge) Daniel Kahneman: Four Keys to Better Decision Making.(CFAInstitute) Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children. (The Atlantic) Rise of the Machines: Has Technology Evolved beyond Our
Understanding the VIX
Regardless what you're trading, the VIX can be a helpful index to monitor. The VIX is an index that's commonly known as the "fear gauge." It tracks how quickly asset prices move (or, in other words, their "volatility"). While you can't invest in it directly, you can invest in derivative products like VIX futures, ETFs,
Mr. Kim Jong Un, Give Up Those Nukes!
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met last week in Singapore. At the meeting, Donald shared a four-minute movie trailer called "A Story of Opportunity for North Korea" I was a little surprised by the video clip that Trump brought with him. I don't normally think about diplomacy and videos. But, it is a new world. It