This week I’m doing a company profile on a company I’ve taken a keen interest in. Personally, when I make investments in individual companies, I believe it’s important to understand as much about a company as possible. The more I know, the less likely I am to be scared out…

How many times have you heard the phrase ‘real estate in the last year? While most conversations have been complaints about soaring prices, the reality is that the American homebuyer hasn’t slowed down. There were 5.64 million existing homes sold last year, with this year is on track to break…

3 Lessons For New Investors The last year of stay at home orders and fiscal stimulus has brought a lot of new people to the stock market. An article from the Wall Street Journal suggested that close to 20% of trading volume came from individual investors last year, a 4% increase from 2019. This is…

Building A Bulletproof Credit Score Last year, the credit score of the average American hit 711, an all-time high. Did we become better at managing our credit overnight or did something else change? The answer is maybe a little of both. In addition to the economy being pumped full of…

The Case for Real Estate Investing How many times in your life have you heard “Real estate is always a good investment?” Probably quite a few. I’m here today to tell you that anyone who has said that probably has never owned a home or actually invested in real estate…

Another Overpriced Financial Product If I asked you if you should save more money each month, what would your response be? The answer is likely yes — we all know we should be better savers, this isn’t news. …

Why savings rate is more important than investment returns This last week, I was listening to a discussion about the importance of how saving is compared to investing returns. When people talk about building their nest egg for retirement, much of the conversation is around what percent return they’ve gotten, not about how their savings over time. Curious about…

The REAL Problem I can’t seem to go a day without hearing about the retirement crisis here in America. As a young-ish person, this hasn’t (until somewhat recently) been something I cared about. “I’ll worry about it when it’s a problem”. Looking back on that viewpoint I feel a little foolish especially when…