“How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” — Robert G. Allen The common thread I hear from people is “I need to save more.” Saving and investing are two different thought processes. Saving more isn’t the answer. Investing more is. The reason saving … Read more
Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist, civil engineer, and socialist, in 1906 made the observation that within Italy 80% of real estate was owned by 20% of the population. Pareto discovered that this phenomena expanded beyond Italy’s borders occurring in neighboring countries as well. In later years this research by Pareto was used by Joseph Juran … Read more
Growing up in the Hawaiian islands was a treat. Especially, if you surfed, and I did. I remember as a kid watching the big wave riding surf contests held at Waimea Bay, Sunset, or Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu. Back then the big wave surfers used longboards called guns. They would paddle these … Read more
Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Jack Bogle have all learned from someone. Buffett and Munger both studied under Benjamin Graham. Buffett and Bogle both refer to John Maynard Keynes as one of the most influential people in their investment learning process. Keynes is considered one of the greatest economists in the history of the world. … Read more
After College I remembered a friend’s Mom making the statement “fake it till you make it.” She was referring to her son who had just changed jobs. He lived paycheck to paycheck while still living at home. His new job was as a Financial Consultant for a stock brokerage company. When he started he went … Read more
It’s summer of 2022 and there’s a lot of financial news of companies reporting labor shortages to meet demand. There’s evidently not enough people to fill all the positions available. Firms such as FedEx to Domino’s are reporting how it’s impacting their ability to keep up with the demand. The key word here is demand, … Read more
Recently, I was listening to a podcast on the subject of decision fatigue. Decision fatigue is when one decision creates more decisions. Many times the decision fatigue is created by too many choices. A good example of decision fatigue as provided in the discussion I listened to was a restaurant menu with too many choices. … Read more
The essence of investing is consumer spending. As an investor trying to judge the viability of consumer demand just can’t be done behind a desk. Desk work involves news stories, financial reports, and quarterly calls. Each one on their own has flaws. News stories are meant to sell media and subscriptions. Financial reports show a … Read more
“You’re at where you’re at” is a saying you hear around traders. Traders look at things differently than investors. A trader’s existence is reliant upon their investable capital. They put their capital to work over short term periods to gain returns or profit as a business, so they can take on greater risk and keep … Read more
There are spenders and there are savers. Spenders are individuals that cherish material things more than money, and savers are the opposite. Whether you’re a spender or a saver, saving money is important and here’s why. Don’t Think the Government Will Save You No matter which end of the choice that you sit, saving money … Read more
What is retirement? Simply, retirement is nothing more than time. When you are saving for retirement you are buying time, and when you are in retirement you are paying for the time. The greater the amount of time the greater the cost. The good part of retirement time is that you have a lot of … Read more
Autonomous vehicles are the future. Imagine you’re on the way to meet a friend for dinner, and riding in an autonomous vehicle. As you ride the car slows and begins to pull over to the curb. The car notifies you that emergency vehicles will be passing. You hear the sirens, and then the fire truck … Read more
Basically, for something to have value it has to have usefulness. The greater the amount of usefulness then the higher it’s worth. If something has a high worth people usually would be willing to part with their hard earned money to use it. It takes a lot of research to dig through all of the … Read more