Great places to work can also be great investment opportunities. In fact, I’d argue that happy employees likely correlate to these companies’ successes. Visual Capitalist created a chart demonstrating the best places to work according to Glassdoor over the past 5 years. The list of names is impressive.The public companies that stuck out the most to me were Hubspot (ticker: HUBS) and Nvidia (NVDA). […]
Whenever I talk about investing with someone, risk almost always comes up at some point. Investing can be risky especially in the short-term. Life is inherently risky which means that life can certainly teach us valuable lessons about investing especially around the concept of risk. Morgan Housel, one of my favorite authors and speakers, wrote a blog in 2020 about the most […]
On August 24th, the Biden administration announced a student loan debt relief program. I’m all about optimizing finances and not about talking politics. If you, or someone you know, has outstanding student debt or paid it off since March 2020, you will likely qualify for some forgiveness. Learn more at the the Federal Student Aid website. This is definitely time sensitive information so pass it along […]
Interest rates continue to rise as the Federal Reserve looks to combat inflation by slowing the economy. In both June and July the Federal Reserve raised the benchmark rates by 0.75% and hinted at more rate increases coming in the near future. What does this mean for you? Rising interest rates can affect you in many ways. Rising rates typically hit the housing market […]
Until very recently, I’d never invested in individual stocks of public companies. I didn’t really understand what that even meant. My first exposure to the concept was when I accidentally watched an interview of David Gardner, the co-founder of the Motley Fool, a stock-picking service of which I am a member (a review is coming eventually, in short, join!). What […]
My website and blog writing is a hobby. I’d call it a side gig, but one post per week (and sometimes less) isn’t likely to start making me any money any time soon, if ever. I’m honestly 100% okay with that right now. Even though it is simply a hobby and it has never directly made money (nor is that […]
First, listen to the podcast below. It’s short, only 8 minutes. A friend of mine sent it to me and wondered what my thoughts were about it. It’s a fitting topic for me, of course, because one of my stated goals is to encourage others to pursue their authentic goals and passions. Stop Pursuing Your Passion? Alright, what do you […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on January 17th, 2019 Though Dr. W.E. Taylor’s book, Soil Culture and Modern Farm Methods, is nearly 100 years old, it contains many practical tips that still apply today. This is the fifth of 5 blog posts on this subject. Find the posts here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on January 3rd, 2019 Though Dr. W.E. Taylor’s book, Soil Culture and Modern Farm Methods, is nearly 100 years old, it contains many practical tips that still apply today. This is the fourth of 5 blog posts on this subject. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. […]
The past 3 months for my family could have been very different. Earlier this year, it seemed nearly inevitable that my wife and I would be business owners come March 1st. Two weeks later, our new business venture would have been closed by the government for what turned out to be three months. It would have been 3 months of […]
