One of the fun things we do at our meetings is have a presentation on a topic of interest to the group. This month, member Andrew gave a presentation on what he called “Friendly Investing”. He takes the interesting view of stocks as though they are your friends. First you check them out a bit […]
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Market Review and Status — End of 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, let’s take a look at the year in review and see what my cracked crystal ball has to say for 2020. As you may recall the end of 2018 started out quite scary with a large drop in the market in October, down again in November and then a […]
Continue readingDelaware AAII Investing SIG December 2019 Report
One of the areas of investing I’ve become involved with over the past year and a half has been an AAII (American Association of Individual Investors) special interest group that meets very close by. Many of the AAII activities are much further away (1/2 hour to 1+ hours with traffic), so when they started a […]
Continue readingMarket Review and Status — End of 2018
2018 turned out to be a really wild year with the year starting out with drops in January and March that looked like the “end was near” but then came back and continued upward. By August the markets were up quite a bit for the year and it was looking like it was going to […]
Continue readingMarket Review and Status – End of 2017
This occasional review is probably a dangerous thing for me, but something I’ve wanted to do for a while. It is dangerous because you and I will be able to read the archives and see how I did from a hindsight perspective that I do not have as I write them. So if you’re willing […]
Continue readingSome Investment Education History
As I built the web pages for the Finance section of this site as part of it relaunch, I realized that I wanted to put much more into the description of how I got my financial education. Here is a brief history of my investment education. My education really started when I was in elementary […]
Continue readingWhen Life Gets Complicated (Part 2)
In the last blog entry, I discussed how things we consider to be rather simple tasks can become more complicated as we age. Also mentioned was how additional home services can handle these tasks and allow someone to continue to live in their home rather than moving into a care facility, which is cheaper overall. […]
Continue readingYour company CEO gets paid too much
If you are an investor who owns stocks in your portfolio, your company board of directors may be doing you a disservice by paying the CEO too much. According to this article in the American Association of Individual Investors website, the company returns for CEOs that get paid in the upper tiers are much less […]
Continue readingHow to Take Stock of Expenses When You Lose Your Job
So, you’re job has come to an abrupt end and you’re wondering what to do since you’ve lost your source of income? First, to use the words of Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, DO NOT PANIC! Instead use what follows to create a realistic picture of your expenses in order to […]
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