Everyone seems to think the grass is greener on the other side – including investors. We often look to the big cities and popular sources like CNBC, Bloomberg, the Motley Fool to find the hottest investments. We’re programmed to believe…
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Private alternative investments that were once exclusive to rich and elite investors are gaining momentum and going mainstream. What’s the appeal of alternative investments? Because certain alternative investments offer the potential for higher returns at lower levels of volatility – alternative investments…
“Until you learn to be grateful for the things you have, you will not receive the things you want.” – John Kralik, Author A Grateful Heart Wow… 2020 has been quite the year! Between the pandemic, politics, and protests, many of…
Great. You’re finally on your way. You can count yourself among the ranks of “investors” now. “Just sit back and watch the money pile up” you’re thinking to yourself. “I don’t have to do anything else right?” You’re just doing what everyone…
A Colorado man recently made the local news for missing out on a lottery payout because he failed to claim the prize by the deadline. Peter Bayley played the lottery in April and had up to six months to redeem his winning…
Experts have been sounding the alarm about a stock market bubble for almost four years. Once the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 20,000 for the first time in early 2017, most experts were convinced we were in bubble territory. Did…
When we were “young and dumb,” we thought our reckless actions existed in a vacuum. “Ah shucks, we’re not hurting anyone,” you remember saying to your parents in defense of your 16-year old self and your compulsive behavior. It was…
If 95% of the people whose job it is to beat the market fail, what chance do the rest of us have? This is according to SPIVA (S&P Indices Vs. Active) who keeps a scorecard of the performance of professionally managed funds…
If Joe Biden becomes President, he has vowed to raise taxes on the rich and businesses and pledged to slaughter a commercial real estate sacred cow: the 1031 exchange (a.k.a “like-kind exchange”). Here’s a brief summary of the Biden tax…
Being rich doesn’t guarantee you’ll remain rich and just because you were successful in one field doesn’t mean you’ll be successful in another. Making money and preserving it requires avoiding financial mistakes that will drain your resources. Nobody is immune…