Rich people value financial security while the middle class focuses on job security. There use to be a time when these two terms meant the same. When I was going through school my parents wanted me to have a good education, so I could go on to get a high paying job someday. But that was the old way of… Read More »
Precious metals don’t provide a steady stream of income and sometimes require an annual storage fee. However, it could still make sense to invest in them for several reasons. First, the demand for gold in China and India is huge, and central banks all over the world buy them to hedge against political turmoil, hyperinflation, invasion, economic warfare, and environmental disasters… Read More »
How Midterm Elections Affect the Stock Market Imagine if you knew an investment strategy where the historical odds are almost 100% in your favor! 😀 Well here’s how. 🙂 Since 1942 there has been 18 midterm elections, not counting the one that just happened earlier this week. Every single time the S&P 500 has gone up after one year following each of those elections. The… Read More »
Last month was quite the roller coaster ride. But maybe all this market volatility is a good thing. The rich keep getting richer because the assets they own, like stocks and real estate, continue to grow in value. But this is a worrying signal because high levels of inequality have usually lead to recessions in the past. For someone… Read More »
It’s that time of year again when we encourage kids to go beg for candy at random people’s houses. Yes, because taking candy from strangers when it’s dark outside is exactly the kind of thing we should be teaching children to do. 😛 Sometimes kids are forced to wear embarrassing costumes because parents think they look cute. Even animals are… Read More »
Retirement Number and The Rule of 300 The common question that comes up when people think about retirement is how much money do you need to retire comfortably? This is sometimes known as the retirement number. It’s a dollar figure that essentially represents financial freedom. 🙂 It’s important to realize that there isn’t a precise answer to this question because the… Read More »