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 […]

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 […]

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 […]