To make good investments, I try to make purchases that will be worth more to me in the future than they are worth to me right now. While this sounds very simple, it often will be complicated by exactly how to determine the worth, or value, of the investment. Precise valuation requires effort, market analysis, […]
Working Money: Investment Options
After starting to Pay Yourself First, cash starts to accumulate. That is when we Put Our Money to Work (our rule for early retirement #2), but to do so, we must pick both an investment and an account type. However, trying to cover both in one blog takes too long, so for today, we’ll focus […]
Big Losses Versus Big Gains
Many new investors never start because they fear losing money. I get it. Losing money is extremely easy, even after you gain experience and become a good investor. It is also built into our minds that we experience more pain from losing money than from gaining money. Fortunately, with standard stock investing (more exotic types […]
Get Working on Not Working
After posting “Our Rules For Retirement,” my daughter replied “I guess I better get started working on not working!” I was immediately proud that she grasped the concept of the article as well as jealous that she encapsulated it so perfectly and succinctly. Therefore, I had to steal her line as the title for this […]
Investing: 2019 Stock Picks in Review
2020 Bull Markets make most picks look good. Were the ones I made in 2019 any good? Yes! And also no…
A dimming light – GE
General Electric (NYSE: GE) was founded by Thomas Edison as the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878 and has been a foundation of many investment portfolios for over 100 years. It is a diversified company with operating segments in power, renewable energy, aviation, healthcare, transportation, lighting, capital (financing), and oil and gas. However, over the […]
Investing: Stock Analysis TTS ENB
Sometimes a good price on a stock is a great value, sometimes it is a trap about to take your money. In today’s blog I evaluate TTS and ENB to see what categories they may fall into.
Basic Investing: Risk Alignment
There are rules of thumb for long term investing, but they don’t always fit personal circumstances. How do you know what is right for you?
Investing-Today’s Stock Pick (May 2019)
What criteria I used to select between four different stock-buying opportunities today.
Basic Investing: Risk and Return
In a previous blog, we covered different types of investments, but this time let’s talk about Risk versus Return. Risk is the range of uncertainty of gain for an investment combined the likely percentage of the investment you could lose should the investment go bad. Return is the amount of gain one receives for their […]