Retirement Myths And Other Terrible Ways To Think About Retirement Planning
A common theme for people that write about finance (whether it be frugality, investing, or early retirement) is that when they peek out from their own writing platforms and enter the world of Yahoo,...
View ArticleThe Richest 100 People Own Over Half The World
According to a report recently released by charity cum research outlet “Oxfam”, both the 85 richest people in the world and the bottom 3.5 billion have something in common: an aggregate net worth of...
View ArticleRichard Sherman’s Post-Game Interview Carries Professional, Economic...
Many of you saw Richard Sherman’s post-game interview with Erin Andrews on Sunday night, shortly after battering a pass intended for the 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree that ended up saving the...
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell Stock: Investing $1,200 Per Year
As I saw the news that Chevron was purchasing Anadarko Petroleum in a $33 billion merger deal, I revisited Royal Dutch Shell’s $50+ billion acquisition of BG Group several years ago that doubled down...
View ArticleSquare Investors Who Paid $101 For The Stock
Square, Inc. is a tremendously fascinating company. It has played a real role in the democratization of payments systems, enabling small-scale businesses and even solo entrepreneurs the possibility of...
View ArticleIBM Stock Buybacks Are Not Proof The Company Is Dying
One of my friends from Seeking Alpha, Robert Allan Schwartz, recently pointed out to me this article in the Wall Street Journal that was sharply critical of IBM as a long-term investment, with the...
View ArticlePreparation for Recession
The longest economic expansion in the entire history of the United States lasted from March 1991 through March 2001, a period of 120 months. Right now, the United States has not experienced a recession...
View ArticleWisdom From The Harvard Business Class of 1963
Bill Agee, from the Harvard Business School Class of ’63, gets money. Hell, he gets life: It may seem too easy for someone who has achieved relative financial success and a significant degree of...
View ArticleWhy The Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Is A Good Investment
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund (VTWSX). This fund, split up into over 5,300 stocks, is one of the best all-weather beast funds that exists. The fund’s imperative is to basically say, “Hey, we...
View ArticleShould You Dollar Cost Average With Coca-Cola Stock?
One of the perks of dollar-cost averaging is that it comes reasonably close to ensuring that your investment will generate returns that correspond to the actual growth of the company that you choose to...
View ArticleHow Did Warren Buffett Build His Fortune?
According to the Google search engines for this site, one of the most queried subject topics is something to the effect of “How did Warren Buffett get rich?” That’s an unsurprising curiosity,...
View ArticlePhil Fisher Investing Tip On Cash-Rich Stocks
I was re-reading Phil Fisher’s Conservative Investors Sleep Well and was going through the “What About Dividends?” chapter (which is also included in his book Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits as...
View ArticleDo Not Invest In Bank Stocks For Retirement
Regarding dividends, the famous professor and investor Phil Fisher once said: “This brings us to what is probably the most important but least discussed aspect of dividends. This is regularity or...
View ArticleHow To Create A Million-Dollar Fortune With Blue-Chip Stocks
If you are serious about creating substantial wealth over the course of your lifetime, one of the most important things that should be the first priority in your life is getting the rich infrastructure...
View ArticleShould You Sell Stock That You Inherit From Your Parents?
The most common question that I have received through the contact form of this site is from beginning investors that suddenly find themselves in the position of receiving a sum of money that creates a...
View ArticlePeter Lynch On Dividend Stocks
Peter Lynch once said that the most important decision that someone makes when constructing a portfolio is deciding what percentage of the portfolio should be put in stocks, and what percentage of the...
View ArticleGeneral Mills: Blue-Chip Quality Trumps Valuation
Probably the most frequently asked question that I have ever gotten from readers is some variation of this: With the recent stock price increases of the past four years in mind, does it still make...
View ArticleIf Your Employer Is Trying To Fire You
I was reading through one of my cases about a contract dispute between an employee and an employer, and there were a couple of things I picked up from the case that I thought would be worth mentioning...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Tobacco Investing Revisited
A great question from reader Joe left as a comment on a previous article: Tim, This question isn’t directly related to this post but I’d still like to get your thoughts on an investing concern that has...
View ArticleBerkshire In Its Heyday Growth
I know I have mentioned this several times over the past year, but I consider the business and stock performance of Adobe Systems, Inc. (ADBE) over the past decade to be one of the most instructive...
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