Monthly Archives: August 2016

I recently read an investment article that listed five life-changing events that will impact your finances. It was a good list. There were sound reasons behind every item on the list and I’ll share them with you here: • Beginning a new career • Marriage … Read More…

It used to be seen as completely insane to stuff the money you manage to save in your mattress. Why not put it in the bank and get some interest on it? As the saying goes, “That was then, this is now.” If … Read More…

Have you ever watched one of those shows on a cable TV business channel where they have the heads of the investment “experts” stacked up on the screen like the old “Partridge Family” sitcom? In the world of investing, the one thing that is more … Read More…

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley I suppose few of you know who David Brinkley was. He was a newsman and together with Chet Huntley was a pioneer in … Read More…

In both the investing and real estate worlds we talk a lot about assets. Usually it’s pretty easy to attach a dollar figure to those assets and those numbers in turn fit neatly into the cells of an Excel spreadsheet. The most important asset we … Read More…