Simply Investing: stocks, bonds, one company vs. mutual funds. In this article, I am going to answer three questions. What are the two primary ways we invest in companies? How many companies should we own? Remember ENRON. What is a portfolio? Also, let me make a note here. We are only touching the surface here to help you gain…

Investing is taking your excess money and letting someone make it grow for you. Of course, you expect you will get back what you gave plus growth minus fees. Yesterday we looked at why savings in a jar or a bank weren’t going to keep up with the growth of…

Money In our first three articles, I talked about money myths, truths, and controlling your money. Now we are going to move on to two of the fundamental ways of handling your money that will benefit you for years to come. The money you save or invest is like your children…

"Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don't want..to impress people that they don't like." — Will Rogers. What does this mean? Money is like the call of the sirens in Greek myths. The sirens call lures you away from happiness and success and can turn you into a ravaging beast…

Seven Truths to Understand so you can control your money Money We exchange our time for money to exchange money for goods and services from others. This is what it is all about. In my last blog, we talked about seven myths about money that have been ingrained in us. (See "Seven Money Myths.”) Today we will explore truths you need…

What is money? Money is something that serves as a recognized medium of exchange. To start the cycle, I exchange my time for a salary given to me as money. Then I use my money to exchange for a roof over my head, food for my body, and other goods and services. These…

Independence Week: Democracy will survive. I have faith in the people renewed each time something terrible happens- they rise and support those in need. Our history is replete with instances where a disaster happens, and people outside the disaster area rise to the occasion and help those in need. Maintain hope Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hope as “to…

Independence Week: Justice and Equality for all. Justice is blind All Men are created equal Our founding fathers stated with great clarity the fundamental that all men are created equal. This has been a fundamental premise of our country since day one. Unfortunately, it is a concept that we regularly ignore at the highest levels of government. …

Independence week: Why are we failing? We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training. Archilochus Our founding fathers set great expectations. In the Declaration of Independence, they stated that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they’re endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…