Advice

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the guy famous for writing a series of books that covers topics like investing and brushes up against related topics like philosophy […]

You’re probably aware of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment by Walter Mischel. In a room, he would present a kid with a marshmallow. He told them they would […]

My best friend and I were drinking beers the other night. He told me about saving for his kids university tuition. His wife and him […]

I’m not sure and I even know the guy who created Ripple. The internet is filled with stories of ordinary Joe’s who got rich buying […]

I don’t have to because I did. It’s true. I bought Netflix in 2004. However, this isn’t my “rags to riches” story. Why? Because I […]

I’ve been investing for myself for awhile and one thing I’ve learned is that there’s essentially two paths you can take. The first path is […]

It’s May 9, 2022 and the stock market is… crashing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped -2% and the Nasdaq about -4%. Over the […]

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about inflation. It’s a hot topic. I figured it would be a good idea to get […]

Anyone who has lived in the western world in the last 20 years has heard of Chipotle Mexican Grill. The restaurant chain with 3000 locations […]

There’s a chapter in One Up on Wall Street where Lynch describes stocks he’d avoid. Among them is the whisper stock. This is the stock […]

One of the best things about Lynch’s book One Up on Wall Street is that it undoes the myth that successful investors need special training […]

As I’m writing this people are concerned about inflation. Inflation is that event that makes everything more expensive. Businesses don’t like inflation because it chews […]

When Lynch said, “invest in what you know” I think he meant it as a suggestion for how to front-run the typical Wall Street analyst. […]

When people who work for a company buy their own stock, it’s worth noting. At the time of this writing, I’m looking at a company […]

When I first started investing after reading One Up on Wall Street, one of the things that I noticed was how the story behind a […]

If you read books on investing like One Up on Wall Street you’ll hear about diversification. Peter Lynch has expressed his dislike of companies who […]

People are always trying to predict the future. Wall Street professionals love sharing their predictions. You’ll hear Wall Street professionals and economists make predictions about […]

If you’re like me you probably don’t have a lot of extra time to spend researching stocks. There are thousands of stocks to choose from. […]

The idea that a person with no background in economics, business or finance can make money investing seems crazy. However, I am proof that it […]

I had a friend of mine ask this question. It’s a great question because when you start to think about it, it forces you to […]

The second chapter of the Nick Sleep letters is good. In it he discusses two investments, Monsanto and Xerox. He also gives us a book […]

It’s a pretty sensational headline – I know. However, I want to get you thinking about a simple formula for wealth creation called compounding. I’m […]

Yeah, it happens. For some investors that amount would seem insignificant but for guys like me, it’s a lot of money. One of the hardest […]

A simple rule for making money in the stock market that I’ve learned over the years is to buy good companies when they’re down. In […]

I saw this interview of Lynch and thought I’d share it. He talks about trying to time the market. Always the straight shooter, he says, […]

It really blows my mind how we don’t learn about accounting in school. I grew up in Canada where we have a pretty good education […]

I started reading the Nick Sleep letters. For those of you who’ve never heard of them, they are letters written to the investors in the […]

If you’re thinking of doing your own investing, then here’s a few things I’d suggest you do. One, start small. You don’t need to invest […]