To really start investing in the stock market you have to do two things: 1) you need to find good companies, and 2) you need to know how to find their ticker symbols. Both of these things can seem like needles in a haystack at first. If you just look at a list of ticker […]
Helpless Female Learns Interesting Tidbits About Writing a Legal Will and Power of Attorney Documents
I always knew everyone was “advised” to have a will. However, just thinking about it felt like stepping into a quagmire in the middle of a legal jungle. I would be sinking in the muck of trying to understand hidden government traps, while the only people offering me help spoke another language and I wasn’t […]
Snapshot Stock Market Evaluation for the Inexperienced and Timid
I am a kitchen table investor. And you know there are a lot of other things going on at the kitchen table, too. I am responsible for most of them. Life swirls with the kitchen table as it’s focal point, so sometimes investment activities get lost in the piles and time warps daily life. That […]
One Mother’s Journey in Discovering Economics: Finance Accounting with the 36 Hour McGraw-Hill Course Book
After accidentally becoming exposed to the true nature of economics a few years ago, I determined to teach my children about this oft neglected subject. We began with Thomas Sowell’s book Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy. I quickly realized why nothing beyond personal budgeting is generally taught in government run schools. […]
Profile of an Investor – A Lesson in Passing on Money Management Skills to Your Children
(This is a true story, but names have been withheld to protect privacy) When Mr. X was a boy, his dad was a business owner who worked hard 6 days a week. By this example, the children were taught the value of work, saving money, and taking good care of the house and the car […]