This past weekend, I went to Dallas for a mini vacation with a good friend. We went sight seeing, did yoga, ate some good really sushi, and had a blast! Going on a cheap vacation just to get away can be a great way to improve your life. Throughout the year, I probably fly a little more than a dozen times to visit family/friends or for work. Because of this, I wanted to share … [Read more...]
How To Survive A Bear Market
Investing in the stock market can be a wild roller coaster. You’ll have some really good days and you’ll have some really bad days. Nothing beats the sheer exhilaration of watching your holdings soar! And nothing is more crushing than losing hard earned money! The U.S. has been in a 7 year bull market. Since the lows of 2008, the S&P 500 has rebounded over 230%! While I … [Read more...]
10 Ways To Improve Your Life
Aside from taking care of family, success, happiness, and good health are three things many people want to achieve in life. However, if you're like me it seems like sometimes your life has stalled. Maybe it was a tough day at work or you're just tired of doing the same things. After all, it's hard to see how your life is progressing when you're living it so closely. I wanted to … [Read more...]
8 Investing Rules You Should Know
I have been investing since my sophomore year of college. I was pretty excited when I opened my first brokerage account with Scottrade and funded it with a large sum of $1,000! The first two stocks I purchased were Berkshire Hathaway and Apple. Since then I've learned some pretty important investing rules. To help out, I'm sharing some investing rules I've learned over the … [Read more...]
Passive vs. Active Investing
When I first read Ben Graham's value investing bible, The Intelligent Investor, I became hooked on investing and finance. The whole idea of letting your money work for you really appealed to me. In the book, Graham alluded to the idea of passive and active investing. Graham described two different types of investors: defensive investors and enterprising investors. Defensive … [Read more...]