I still feel like a relative newbie in the area of personal finances, and investing specifically. I was interested in the topic a long time ago, but my investing efforts really launched…
Category: Money & Investing
Day 404: The Periodic Table of… Investments! (Part 2)
Last night I wrote about the Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns (download here). I’m such a big fan of this resource. When I first saw it, I immediately saw the potential…
The Periodic Table of… Investments!
Today I spent many hours getting ready for a presentation I am doing this weekend for the investing discussion group I have doing for numerous years now. My presentation is on the…
Day 400: The Art of the Fast (It’s Not Just For Food)
First of all, I couldn’t resist: it’s Day 400 of my 365 Day Blogging Project. Okay, so maybe I took nearly two months off from writing in this blog. I was re-grouping,…
Day 387: The Greatest Opportunity
In life, I am frequently aware of the opportunity cost of the decisions we make. Opportunity cost is a term I first learned in Economics class back in high school. It refers…
Day 379: Staying Cool, Calm, and Collected About Mr. Market
In my four and a half years of investing, I have been paying close attention to my psychology as we go through the changes in the market. Last fall and winter, the…
Day 375: Taking on My Financial Education
When I got out of college, I was very well-educated by many standards. Not only was I well-trained in the two pillars of the Liberal Arts–reading and writing!–I also had a thorough…
Day 367: The Daily Money Juggling Challenge
First, let me say how incredibly grateful and blessed I feel to be resuming my blog. As a lifelong creative, I have always yearned for satisfying means of creative expression. I have…
Day 363: REITs, aka My New Treats
So this week I bought my first ever REITs (rhymes with “treats,” hence the title 😉 ). First, let me do my best to explain what REITS are (If you happen to…
Day 357: Overcoming “Money in & Money out”
Like most kids, when I was a kid, I thought of money as being primarily about earning and spending. I thought of getting an allowance, say, or getting a paper route (even…